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Birthday June 8, 1907

• The temperature on June 8, 1907 was between 8.9 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet († 1987)
• 1903 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » C. C. Beck, American illustrator († 1989)
• 1910 » Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter († 2003)
• 1910 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author († 1971)
• 1911 » Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter († 1986)