Genealogy N.P. Mantel » Simon Lourens Mantel (1907-)

Birthday May 9, 1907

• The temperature on May 9, 1907 was between 7.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1906 » Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator († 1988)
• 1907 » Baldur von Schirach, German politician († 1974)
• 1907 » Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer († 1978)
• 1907 » Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist and author († 1976)
• 1909 » Don Messer, Canadian violinist († 1973)