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Birthday June 22, 1907

• The temperature on June 22, 1907 was between 8.3 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American pilot and author († 2001)
• 1906 » Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1906 » William Kneale, English logician and philosopher († 1990)
• 1907 » Eriks Ādamsons, Latvian writer, poet, and novelist († 1946)
• 1909 » Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Spanish aristocratic († 2002)
• 1909 » Katherine Dunham, American dancer and choreographer († 2006)