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Birthday November 19, 1907

• The temperature on November 19, 1907 was between 4.2 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • 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.
  • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr., American murderer († 1971)
• 1905 » Eleanor Audley, American actress († 1991)
• 1905 » Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, composer and bandleader († 1956)
• 1906 » Franz Schädle, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1907 » Jack Schaefer, American author († 1991)
• 1909 » Peter Drucker, Austrian-American theorist, educator, and author († 2005)