Stambomen Quist » Geertuida Cornelia Verwijs (1907-)

Birthday June 3, 1907

• The temperature on June 3, 1907 was between 7.7 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon († 1950)
• 1905 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer († 1946)
• 1906 » Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative († 1975)
• 1906 » R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician († 1983)
• 1906 » Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer († 1968)
• 1907 » Paul Rotha, English director and producer († 1984)