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Birthday July 4, 1907

• The temperature on July 4, 1907 was between 10.9 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Irving Johnson, American sailor and author († 1991)
• 1905 » Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator († 1975)
• 1905 » Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant († 1996)
• 1906 » Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist († 1993)
• 1907 » Howard Taubman, American author and critic († 1996)
• 1907 » John Anderson, American discus thrower († 1948)