Kelson Burbank Genealogy » George Seymour Scott (1907-)

Birthday November 26, 1907

• The temperature on November 26, 1907 was between -2.8 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. 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 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • 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.
  • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Bob Johnson, American baseball player († 1982)
• 1907 » Ruth Patrick, American botanist († 2013)
• 1908 » Charles Forte, Baron Forte, Italian-Scottish businessman, founded Forte Group († 2007)
• 1908 » Lefty Gomez, American baseball player and manager († 1989)
• 1909 » Frances Dee, American actress and singer († 2004)
• 1909 » Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and manager († 1998)