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Birthday December 12, 1907

• The temperature on December 12, 1907 was between 1.7 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • 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.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer († 1942)
• 1907 » Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1912 » Henry Armstrong, American boxer († 1988)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer († 1998)
• 1918 » Joe Williams, American singer and pianist († 1999)