Genealogy Jongepier » Wilhelmina Dina Pieternella de Voogd (1907-)

Birthday April 1, 1907

• The temperature on April 1, 1907 was between 2.1 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1988)
• 1905 » Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia († 1993)
• 1906 » Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau († 1989)
• 1907 » Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist († 2019)
• 1908 » Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic († 1970)
• 1908 » Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic († 1997)