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Birthday September 29, 1907

• The temperature on September 29, 1907 was between 7.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Greer Garson, English-American actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman († 1998)
• 1907 » George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix († 1996)
• 1908 » Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator († 1967)
• 1910 » Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist († 1977)
• 1910 » Virginia Bruce, American actress († 1982)