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Birthday November 21, 1907

• The temperature on November 21, 1907 was between -0.9 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • 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 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1904 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1969)
• 1905 » Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer († 2006)
• 1907 » Buck Ram, American songwriter and music producer († 1991)
• 1908 » Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator († 1994)
• 1908 » Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1996)