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Birthday January 13, 1907

• The temperature on January 13, 1907 was between 0.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • 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.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer († 1992)
• 1904 » Richard Addinsell, English composer († 1977)
• 1905 » Jack London, English sprinter and pianist († 1966)
• 1905 » Kay Francis, American actress († 1968)
• 1906 » Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic († 2017)
• 1909 » Helm Glöckler, German race car driver († 1993)