About the day » Saturday May 11, 1907Calender converter

• Aaltje Huisman, Slochteren
• Albertus Wijker, Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland († 1907)
• Ada Hendrika Geerling, Burgwerd († 2001)
• * Dirkje Visser, Rotterdam († 1988)
• Adriana Ruitenberg, Amersfoort
• adriana cornelia van loenhout, Nederland († 2001)
• Adrianus ROELEN, Ginneken,,Noord Brabant,PAYS BAS († 1987)
• Adriana Francisca Keij, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1907)
• Aleida Johanna Kunkeler
• Albertus Wijker, Egmond aan Zee († 1907)

• Antje Stins (55), Broek op Langedijk, Nederland
• Aaltje Kievit (74), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jan de Jonge (17), Emmen
• van Velzen, Hilversum
• aaltje KIEVIT (74), sommelsdijk
• Albert Jan de Jonge (17), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anne de Boer (1), Hoogkerk
• Adrianus van Zuilekom (71), Hurwenen
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• Abramina Willemina van Uitert (73), Geldermalsen

• 1901 » Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author († 1988)
• 1902 » Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician († 1984)
• 1903 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager († 1993)
• 1904 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist († 1989)
• 1905 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate († 1964)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)
• 1907 » Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1911 » Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance († 2004)
• 1911 » Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian († 1985)
• 1912 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter († 1955)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

• 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.
• February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
• July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
• August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
• October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
• December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
• December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on May 11, 1907 was between 10.7 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.