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Birthday July 1, 1907

• The temperature on July 1, 1907 was between 6.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • 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.
  • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Amy Johnson, English pilot († 1941)
• 1906 » Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies († 2004)
• 1906 » Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic († 1992)
• 1907 » Norman Pirie, Scottish-English biochemist and virologist († 1997)
• 1909 » Emmett Toppino, American sprinter († 1971)
• 1910 » Glenn Hardin, American hurdler († 1975)