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Birthday June 5, 1907

• The temperature on June 5, 1907 was between 8.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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).
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1902 » Arthur Powell Davies, American minister, author, and activist († 1957)
• 1905 » Wayne Boring, American illustrator († 1987)
• 1912 » Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author († 2003)
• 1912 » Eric Hollies, English cricketer († 1981)
• 1913 » Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic († 2000)