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Birthday August 3, 1907

• The temperature on August 3, 1907 was between 9.8 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • 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 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Dolores del Río, Mexican actress († 1983)
• 1905 » Franz König, Austrian cardinal († 2004)
• 1907 » Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil († 1996)
• 1907 » Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (d.1998)
• 1909 » Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator († 1971)