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Birthday January 8, 1907

• The temperature on January 8, 1907 was between 2.9 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle († 1997)
• 1905 » Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and poet († 1988)
• 1906 » Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter († 1969)
• 1907 » Keizō Hayashi, Japanese general and civil servant († 1991)
• 1908 » Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman († 1996)
• 1908 » William Hartnell, English actor († 1975)