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Birthday June 14, 1907

• The temperature on June 14, 1907 was between 9.4 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 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 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist († 1971)
• 1905 » Arthur Davis, American animator and director († 2000)
• 1905 » Steve Broidy, American businessman († 1991)
• 1907 » Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator († 1978)
• 1907 » René Char, French poet and author († 1988)
• 1909 » Burl Ives, American actor and singer († 1995)