About the day » Tuesday August 20, 1907Calender converter

• Albertus Eleveld, Steenwijk
• Antje Jonker († 1996)
• Anna Adriana van de Giessen, Rotterdam
• Adriaan Verheij, dordrecht
• Alberta Carola van Tinteren, Semarang (Java-N.I.) († 1992)
• Aaltje den Herder, Putten
• Agnes (Bleck) Blech († 1994)
• Alice Ironside **, Aberdeen, Scotland († 1981)
• Anne Marie HUYGHE, Bazel,9150,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1982)
• Antonette Albertusdr Haezer (Haazer), Amsterdam († 1973)

• Eelbren Hommes Tonkes (79), Meeden, Menterwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Charles Hicks Doty (82), Juniata, Adams, Nebraska, United States
• Berendine Boeve (58), Zwolle (Ov )
• Bernardina Joanna van der Pluijm (76), Amsterdam
• Baukje Hallema (54), Amersfoort
• Cornelia Planken (40), Den Haag,-
• Cornelis Vrouwe (0)
• Catharina Maria de Raaij (62), Schiedam,-
• Adriana Kramer (55), Colijnsplaat
• Berendiena Boeve (58), Zwolle

• 1901 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1905 » Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist († 1964)
• 1905 » Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1905 » Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1906 » Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player († 1981)
• 1908 » Al López, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1909 » Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player († 1978)
• 1909 » André Morell, English actor († 1978)
• 1910 » Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch († 1961)
• 1912 » John H. Michaelis, American general († 1985)

• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)

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 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
• January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
• August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
• October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.

The temperature on August 20, 1907 was between 8.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.