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Birthday August 22, 1907

• The temperature on August 22, 1907 was between 11.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • 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 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger († 1990)
• 1904 » Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1997)
• 1908 » Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach († 1993)
• 1908 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter († 2004)
• 1909 » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer († 2000)
• 1909 » Mel Hein, American football player and coach († 1992)