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Birthday September 13, 1907

• The temperature on September 13, 1907 was between 10.0 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • 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.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  • 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 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Chu Berry, American saxophonist († 1941)
• 1908 » Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright († 1987)
• 1908 » Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist († 1998)
• 1908 » Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission († 1995)
• 1909 » Frits Thors, Dutch journalist and radio host († 2014)
• 1909 » Ray Bowden, English footballer († 1998)