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Birthday February 20, 1907

• The temperature on February 20, 1907 was between 0.8 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (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.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • 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

• 1901 » René Dubos, French-American biologist and author († 1982)
• 1902 » Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist († 1984)
• 1904 » Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1980)
• 1906 » Gale Gordon, American actor († 1995)
• 1912 » Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War († 2006)
• 1912 » Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author († 1994)