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Birthday November 21, 1907

• The temperature on November 21, 1907 was between -0.9 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster († 1985)
• 1904 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1969)
• 1905 » Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer († 2006)
• 1907 » Buck Ram, American songwriter and music producer († 1991)
• 1908 » Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator († 1994)
• 1908 » Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1996)