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Day of death November 27, 1907

• The temperature on November 27, 1907 was between 6.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1899 » Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
• 1908 » Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
• 1916 » Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)
• 1919 » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)