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Birthday April 4, 1907

• The temperature on April 4, 1907 was between 4.6 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • 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 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer († 1987)
• 1905 » Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1906 » Bea Benaderet, Turkish-Jewish Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress († 1968)
• 1906 » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist († 1995)
• 1907 » Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales († 1981)
• 1910 » Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician and academic († 1967)