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Birthday May 1, 1907

• The temperature on May 1, 1907 was between 2.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 19.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • 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.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1906 » Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician († 1983)
• 1907 » Hayes Alvis, American bassist († 1972)
• 1907 » Kate Smith, American singer and actress († 1986)
• 1908 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1908 » Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic († 1992)