Descendants Schrier » Jannetje Krijger (1907-)

Birthday June 18, 1907

• The temperature on June 18, 1907 was between 4.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • 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.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor († 1991)
• 1905 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor († 1982)
• 1907 » Frithjof Schuon, Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author († 1998)
• 1908 » Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host († 1969)
• 1908 » Nedra Volz, American actress († 2003)
• 1908 » Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician († 1997)