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Birthday July 5, 1907

• The temperature on July 5, 1907 was between 10.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 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 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • 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 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist († 2005)
• 1904 » Harold Acton, English scholar and author († 1994)
• 1904 » Milburn Stone, American actor († 1980)
• 1905 » Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau, Haitian sociologist and educator († 1970)
• 1908 » Henri of Orléans, († 1999)
• 1908 » Lyman S. Ayres II, American businessman († 1996)