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March 16, 1907Born on Sunday March 17, 1907
- Abraham bergwerf, Rotterdam († 1986)
- Ami Jean Dufour
- Alfred van de Vuurst, Osterfeld (bij Sterkrade Dtsl.) († 1970)
- Adriana van Ham, Oosterhout
- Alderdina Buurma, Siddeburen, Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands († 1924)
- Aafje Johanna Manschot, IJsselstein
- Albert Arendsen, Hardenberg
- Albert Wieringa, Sneek
- Aaltje Bertus, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
- Adriana de Nies, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Sunday March 17, 1907
- Adolf CARRÉ (31), Barmen, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- Arend Roelofs Veldman (66), Veenhuizen (Norg)
- Adriana Cornelia VERBEEK (82), Halsteren, Bergen op Zoom, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
- Adriana Aalberts (1), Valburg (gelderland) Nederland
- Adriana Aalberts (1), Valburg, Nederland
- Andries Christoffel Johannes de Wilde (79), Utrecht
- Abraham Crayé (54), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
- Anna Maria Hendriks (71), Deurne &, Liessel, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Arend Veldman (66), Veenhuizen, Nederland
- Aart van Veen (46), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 17, 1907 at Delpher
Born on March 17
- 1901 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor († 1970)
- 1902 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer († 1971)
- 1904 » Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator († 1991)
- 1906 » Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress († 1996)
- 1907 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1991)
- 1907 » Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan († 1988)
- 1910 » Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist († 1991)
- 1912 » Bayard Rustin, American activist († 1987)
- 1914 » Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach († 2008)
- 1915 » Robert S. Arbib Jr., American ornithologist, writer and conservationist († 1987)
Died on March 17
- 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
- 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
- 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
- 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
- 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
- 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
- 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
- 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
- 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
- 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
Names that were popular for boys in 1907
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Dirk
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Arie
Names that were popular for girls in 1907
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Neeltje
- Helena
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1907
- 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.
- March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
- June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
- July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
- September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
- November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
- December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
Weather March 17, 1907
The temperature on March 17, 1907 was between 3.5 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.