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Birthday July 14, 1907

• The temperature on July 14, 1907 was between 6.2 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Irving Stone, American author and educator († 1989)
• 1906 » Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman, founded Carvel († 1990)
• 1906 » William H. Tunner, American general († 1983)
• 1907 » Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver († 1989)
• 1910 » William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera († 2001)
• 1911 » Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author († 2000)