About the day » Friday August 2, 1907Calender converter

• Agnes Johanna van Erp, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Bodemeijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Brouwer, De Bilt
• Andries Wouter van der Netten van Stigt, Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1983)
• Alfons Vassen († 1944)
• Aart Lanser, Rotterdam († 1909)
• Alida Maria Minnis, Watergraafsmeer († 1981)
• Alida Gesina Wes, Stad Delden
• Adrianus van Eck, Schiedam
• Adriana Cornelia van Esch, Liempde († 1907)

• Cecil Katherine Mary CARINGTON (77)
• Catharina van Emmerik (45), Rotterdam
• Andries Sandra (37), Wirdum, Ljouwerteradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cecil Katherine Mary Carrington (77)
• Catharina Everlina David von Franquemont (63)
• Catharina Everlina David von Franquemont, 's-Gravenhage
• Catherina Everlina von Franquemont (63)
• Catharina Pattenier (43), Middelburg,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bindert Feikes Wouda (76), Doezum, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Foppes Grond (64), St. Annaparochie

• 1902 » Mina Rees, American mathematician (d.1997)
• 1902 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria († 1971)
• 1905 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer († 1963)
• 1905 » Myrna Loy, American actress († 1993)
• 1907 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author († 1984)
• 1910 » Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1911 » Ann Dvorak, American actress († 1979)
• 1912 » Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic († 1977)
• 1912 » Palle Huld, Danish actor († 2010)
• 1912 » Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author († 2001)

• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
• February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
• October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
• November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
• December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
• December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

The temperature on August 2, 1907 was between 8.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.