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Birthday May 26, 1907

• The temperature on May 26, 1907 was between 13.4 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). 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.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam († 1976)
• 1908 » Robert Morley, English actor († 1992)
• 1909 » Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico († 1969)
• 1909 » Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager († 1994)