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Birthday July 16, 1907

• The temperature on July 16, 1907 was between 12.3 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor († 2003)
• 1906 » Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1907 » Barbara Stanwyck, American actress († 1990)
• 1907 » Frances Horwich, American educator and television host († 2001)
• 1907 » Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher's († 1995)
• 1910 » Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer († 1968)