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Birthday December 14, 1907

• The temperature on December 14, 1907 was between 0.1 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 15.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Walter Rangeley, English sprinter († 1982)
• 1904 » Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist († 2003)
• 1908 » Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player († 2001)
• 1908 » Mária Szepes, Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1908 » Morey Amsterdam, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1909 » Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)