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Birthday October 20, 1907

• The temperature on October 20, 1907 was between 9.7 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • 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 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist († 2006)
• 1904 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1986)
• 1907 » Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality († 2001)
• 1908 » Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host († 1989)
• 1909 » Carla Laemmle, American actress and photographer († 2014)
• 1909 » Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter († 1993)