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Birthday October 17, 1907

• The temperature on October 17, 1907 was between 8.0 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 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.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player († 1987)
• 1907 » John Marley, American actor († 1984)
• 1908 » Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress († 1988)
• 1908 » Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1969)
• 1908 » Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player († 1980)