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Birthday February 25, 1907

• The temperature on February 25, 1907 was between 4.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic († 1963)
• 1906 » Mary Coyle Chase, American journalist and playwright; author of Harvey († 1981)
• 1907 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet († 1948)
• 1908 » Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author († 2001)
• 1908 » Mary Locke Petermann, cellular biochemist († 1975)
• 1910 » Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician († 1992)