Genealogische data Golse Genen » Johannes Jacobus Henricus Spee (1907-)

Birthday December 11, 1907

• The temperature on December 11, 1907 was between 3.6 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very 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.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer († 1994)
• 1905 » Robert Henriques, English farmer, author, and broadcaster († 1967)
• 1908 » Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi war criminal († 1946)
• 1908 » Elliott Carter, American composer and academic († 2012)
• 1908 » Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1987)
• 1908 » Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2015)