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Birthday September 30, 1907

• The temperature on September 30, 1907 was between 8.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • 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 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic († 1971)
• 1905 » Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1905 » Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1906 » Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress († 1996)
• 1908 » David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator († 1974)
• 1910 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain († 1962)