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Birthday April 7, 1907

• The temperature on April 7, 1907 was between 2.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). 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.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • 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 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.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Edwin T. Layton, American admiral († 1984)
• 1903 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1965)
• 1904 » Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician († 1996)
• 1908 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader († 1976)
• 1908 » Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower († 1994)
• 1909 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic († 1978)