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Birthday August 9, 1907

• The temperature on August 9, 1907 was between 15.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Leo Genn, British actor and barrister († 1978)
• 1909 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat († 1944)
• 1909 » Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Indian scholar, author, and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president († 2003)
• 1911 » Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer († 2001)
• 1911 » William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate († 1996)