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Birthday April 10, 1907

• The temperature on April 10, 1907 was between 2.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1906 » Steve Anderson, American hurdler († 1988)
• 1910 » Helenio Herrera, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1997)
• 1910 » Margaret Clapp, American scholar and academic († 1974)
• 1910 » Paul Sweezy, American economist and publisher, founded the Monthly Review († 2004)
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