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Birthday June 8, 1907

• The temperature on June 8, 1907 was between 9.4 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  • 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 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet († 1987)
• 1903 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » C. C. Beck, American illustrator († 1989)
• 1910 » Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter († 2003)
• 1910 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author († 1971)
• 1911 » Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter († 1986)