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Birthday April 2, 1907

• The temperature on April 2, 1907 was between 2.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator († 1970)
• 1907 » Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower († 1985)
• 1907 » Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1908 » Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer († 2003)
• 1910 » Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium († 2002)
• 1910 » Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient († 1980)