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Birthday October 30, 1907

• The temperature on October 30, 1907 was between 7.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Alexander Gode, German-American linguist and translator († 1970)
• 1906 » Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver († 1966)
• 1906 » Hermann Fegelein, German general († 1945)
• 1907 » Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic († 1995)
• 1908 » Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress († 1996)
• 1908 » U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician († 1963)