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Birthday March 29, 1907

• The temperature on March 29, 1907 was between 0.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 1999)
• 1906 » James Bausch, American decathlete and football player († 1974)
• 1907 » Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer († 2006)
• 1908 » Arthur O'Connell, American actor († 1981)
• 1908 » Dennis O'Keefe, American actor and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1909 » Moon Mullican, American country and western singer-songwriter and pianist († 1967)