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Birthday January 9, 1907

• The temperature on January 9, 1907 was between 3.1 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1907 » Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch († 2013)
• 1908 » Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author († 1986)
• 1909 » Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta († 2008)
• 1909 » Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist († 1992)
• 1910 » Tom Evenson, English runner († 1997)