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Birthday December 2, 1907

• The temperature on December 2, 1907 was between -0.6 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.5 °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.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer († 1977)
• 1909 » Arvo Askola, Finnish runner († 1975)
• 1909 » Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author († 1987)
• 1909 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach († 1987)
• 1910 » Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner († 1979)