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Birthday December 8, 1907

• The temperature on December 8, 1907 was between 4.2 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 17.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • 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.
  • 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 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter († 1982)
• 1903 » Zelma Watson George, Black American opera singer († 1994)
• 1908 » Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress († 1990)
• 1908 » John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts († 1994)
• 1911 » Lee J. Cobb, American actor († 1976)
• 1911 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter († 1992)