Family tree Jacobs » Gregorius Johannes Joseph Klaassen (1907-)

Birthday April 7, 1907

• The temperature on April 7, 1907 was between 2.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • 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.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Edwin T. Layton, American admiral († 1984)
• 1903 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1965)
• 1904 » Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician († 1996)
• 1908 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader († 1976)
• 1908 » Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower († 1994)
• 1909 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic († 1978)