Genealogy Kloos » Amalia Lenie Elfride Papajewski (1907-± 1939)

Birthday May 22, 1907

• The temperature on May 22, 1907 was between 3.0 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1905 » Tom Driberg, British politician († 1976)
• 1907 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator († 1983)
• 1907 » Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer († 1989)
• 1908 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain († 1963)
• 1909 » Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator († 1988)