Genealogy van de familie Van Houten » Jacobus Johannes van Houten (1907-)

Birthday February 6, 1907

• The temperature on February 6, 1907 was between -10.5 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician († 1982)
• 1906 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian († 1980)
• 1908 » Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy († 1999)
• 1908 » Edward Lansdale, American general and CIA agent († 1987)
• 1908 » Geo Bogza, Romanian poet and journalist († 1993)
• 1908 » Michael Maltese, American actor, screenwriter, and composer († 1981)