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Birthday December 15, 1907

• The temperature on December 15, 1907 was between -0.1 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1907 » Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília († 2012)
• 1908 » Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Eliza Atkins Gleason, African American librarian († 2009)
• 1909 » Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter († 1974)
• 1910 » John Hammond, American record producer and critic († 1987)