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Birthday February 9, 1907

• The average temperature on February 9, 1907 was -4 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • 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.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician († 1981)
• 1906 » André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist († 1999)
• 1907 » Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic († 2003)
• 1907 » Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam († 1988)
• 1909 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer († 1955)
• 1909 » Heather Angel, English-American actress († 1986)