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Birthday January 9, 1907

• The temperature on January 9, 1907 was between 3.0 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • 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.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author († 1986)
• 1909 » Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta († 2008)
• 1909 » Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist († 1992)
• 1910 » Tom Evenson, English runner († 1997)