Eijsermans family tree » Adriana van Hal (1907-)

Birthday November 5, 1907

• The average temperature on November 5, 1907 was 4.0 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • 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.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver († 1956)
• 1905 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet († 1973)
• 1906 » Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer († 1944)
• 1906 » Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic († 2004)