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Birthday May 4, 1907

• The temperature on May 4, 1907 was between 5.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 13.0 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • 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.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1906 » Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1987)
• 1907 » Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1996)
• 1907 » Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent († 2014)
• 1908 » Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete († 1949)