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Birthday January 24, 1907

• The temperature on January 24, 1907 was between -13 °C and -4.7 °C and averaged -9 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • 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.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman († 1995)
• 1906 » Wilfred Jackson, American animator and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia († 1979)
• 1907 » Jean Daetwyler, Swiss composer and musician († 1994)
• 1907 » Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1999)
• 1909 » Martin Lings, English author and scholar († 2005)