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Birthday October 6, 1907

• The temperature on October 6, 1907 was between 7.0 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • 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 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter († 1998)
• 1906 » Janet Gaynor, American actress († 1984)
• 1906 » Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach († 1946)
• 1908 » Carole Lombard, American actress († 1942)
• 1908 » Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic († 1989)
• 1910 » Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State († 2002)