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Birthday April 23, 1907

• The temperature on April 23, 1907 was between 4.1 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner († 1980)
• 1904 » Duncan Renaldo, American actor († 1985)
• 1904 » Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter († 2001)
• 1907 » Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church († 1975)
• 1907 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer († 1977)
• 1908 » Myron Waldman, American animator and director († 2006)