Eijsermans family tree » Maria Catharina Bax (1907-)

Birthday August 10, 1907

• The temperature on August 10, 1907 was between 12.8 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • 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.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1907 » Su Yu, Chinese general and politician († 1984)
• 1908 » Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player († 1977)
• 1908 » Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author († 2009)
• 1909 » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation († 1991)
• 1909 » Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court († 1992)