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Birthday January 17, 1907

• The temperature on January 17, 1907 was between -0.7 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • 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 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2007)
• 1905 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player († 2005)
• 1907 » Alfred Wainwright, British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator († 1991)
• 1907 » Henk Badings, Indonesian-Dutch composer and engineer († 1987)
• 1908 » Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager and trainer († 1985)