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Birthday September 23, 1907

• The temperature on September 23, 1907 was between 1.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1906 » Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom († 1995)
• 1907 » Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza († 1976)
• 1907 » Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1958)
• 1908 » Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician († 1974)
• 1909 » Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor († 1991)