Ancestors Jeremy Len Levy Kaptein » Cornelia Johanna Grundeken (1907-)

Birthday June 26, 1907

• The temperature on June 26, 1907 was between 10.9 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • 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 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator († 1985)
• 1906 » Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer († 1974)
• 1906 » Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and educator († 2008)
• 1907 » Debs Garms, American baseball player († 1984)
• 1908 » Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile († 1973)
• 1909 » Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager († 1997)