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April 18, 1907Born on Friday April 19, 1907
- Aart Schouten, Hagestein († 1924)
- Adrianus van den Broek, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1907)
- Adrianus Cornelis Hendrikus van de Pol, Goirle († 1907)
- Andries Louis Cornelis Koudijs, 's-Gravenhage († 1953)
- Anna Jacoba van der Veen, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1983)
- Alfons Frans Slegers, Dessel, Belgie
- Adriana de Wit, 's-Gravenhage
- , Nederland († 1994)
- "Theodorus" Dirk Dirk, Soest, NL
- Anje Martena, Muntendam
Died on Friday April 19, 1907
- Antonius Bernardus Schepers (69), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Catharina Heijman (61), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands
- Allegonda van Rooij (66), Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriana Dekker (91), Rotterdam
- Adrianus Bressers (46), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Arie Bosselaar (2), Rotterdam
- Arnolda van Neerbos (79), Dodewaard
- Andries Smit (80), Nieuwe Niedorp
- Ann Priscilla Phillips (84)
- Age Klazes Westra (85), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 19, 1907 at Delpher
Born on April 19
- 1900 » Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress († 1978)
- 1900 » Rhea Silberta, Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher († 1959)
- 1900 » Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1976)
- 1900 » Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada († 1991)
- 1902 » Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author and screenwriter († 1989)
- 1903 » Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent († 1957)
- 1907 » Alan Wheatley, English actor († 1991)
- 1908 » Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress († 1990)
- 1912 » Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
- 1913 » Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower and coach († 1984)
Died on April 19
- 1893 » Martin Körber, Estonian-German pastor, composer, and conductor (b. 1817)
- 1901 » Alfred Horatio Belo, American publisher, founded The Dallas Morning News (b. 1839)
- 1903 » Oliver Mowat, Canadian politician, third Premier of Ontario, eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b. 1820)
- 1906 » Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- 1906 » Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (b. 1850)
- 1909 » Signe Rink, Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (b. 1836)
- 1914 » Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1839)
- 1915 » Thomas Playford II, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (b. 1837)
- 1916 » Ephraim Shay, American engineer, designed the Shay locomotive (b. 1839)
- 1926 » Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian-Swiss statistician and theorist (b. 1874)
Names that were popular for boys in 1907
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Antonius
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Joseph
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1907
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Christina
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.
- May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
- July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
- August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
- August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
- September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
- September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
The weather on Friday April 19, 1907
The temperature on April 19, 1907 was between 0.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI