About the day » Thursday January 3, 1907Calender converter

• Albert Harm Marten Pieter Koohof, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1969)
• Alberdina Wams, Musselkanaal (Onstwedde, Groningen)
• Achille Julien Tilkens, Velm, België († 1983)
• Frijters, Baarle-Hertog († 1986)
• Aaltje Hendrika Molenaar, Capelle aan den IJssel
• Adriana Wilhelmina Vervoort, SINT OEDENRODE (Meierijstad), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Aaltje Santing, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1972)
• Aaltje Oosting, Schoonoord († 1908)
• Alberta Hendrica Verhaar, Abcoude-Proostdij, de Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1978)
• Alida den Bezemer, Den Haag († 1907)

• (57), Utrecht
• Aaltje Jansdr Mulder (70), Enumatil
• Albertus van Naarden (92), Amersfoort
• Anna Maria van Dijk (91), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albartus van Naarden (92), Amersfoort
• Antoon Peters (0), Afferden, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria OONINCX (77), Etten-Leur,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Kuijer (69), Utrecht
• Anna Prins (58), Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus van Naarden (91), Amersfoort

• 1901 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam († 1963)
• 1905 » Anna May Wong, American actress († 1961)
• 1905 » Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer († 1996)
• 1907 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director († 1986)
• 1909 » Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor († 2000)
• 1910 » Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager († 2000)
• 1911 » John Sturges, American director and producer († 1992)
• 1912 » Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1912 » Federico Borrell García, Spanish soldier († 1936)
• 1912 » Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician († 2002)

• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)

• 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.
• March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
• April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
• June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
• 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.
• August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.

The temperature on January 3, 1907 was between 1.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.