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Birthday April 7, 1907

• The temperature on April 7, 1907 was between 2.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • 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.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Edwin T. Layton, American admiral († 1984)
• 1903 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1965)
• 1904 » Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician († 1996)
• 1908 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader († 1976)
• 1908 » Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower († 1994)
• 1909 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic († 1978)