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Birthday February 10, 1907

• The temperature on February 10, 1907 was between -2.2 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • 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.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader († 1939)
• 1905 » Walter A. Brown, American businessman, founded the Boston Celtics († 1964)
• 1906 » Lon Chaney Jr., American actor († 1973)
• 1907 » Anthony Cottrell, New Zealand rugby player († 1988)
• 1908 » Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and educator († 2000)
• 1909 » Min Thu Wun, Burmese poet, scholar, and politician († 2004)