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Birthday February 6, 1907

• The temperature on February 6, 1907 was between -10.3 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • 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.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician († 1982)
• 1906 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian († 1980)
• 1908 » Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy († 1999)
• 1908 » Edward Lansdale, American general and CIA agent († 1987)
• 1908 » Geo Bogza, Romanian poet and journalist († 1993)
• 1908 » Michael Maltese, American actor, screenwriter, and composer († 1981)