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Birthday January 2, 1907

• The temperature on January 2, 1907 was between 2.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1905 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor († 1998)
• 1909 » Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author († 1998)
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