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Birthday September 16, 1907

• The temperature on September 16, 1907 was between 2.4 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-English colonel († 1996)
• 1910 » Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur († 1975)
• 1910 » Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager († 2003)
• 1911 » Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1911 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author († 1983)