Family tree Jacobs » Theodora Wilhelmina Catharina Wennekes (1907-)

Birthday September 5, 1907

• The temperature on September 5, 1907 was between 6.6 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1906 » Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1995)
• 1908 » Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer and painter († 2019)
• 1908 » Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer († 2004)
• 1908 » Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist († 1973)