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Birthday January 28, 1907

• The temperature on January 28, 1907 was between 0.4 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • 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.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • 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 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator († 1978)
• 1906 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician († 1992)
• 1906 » Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete († 1991)
• 1908 » Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » John Thomson, Scottish footballer († 1931)
• 1910 » John Banner, Austrian actor († 1973)