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Birthday January 21, 1907

• The temperature on January 21, 1907 was between -2.4 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. 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.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • 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.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. († 1957)
• 1905 » Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas († 1978)
• 1906 » Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer († 2007)
• 1906 » Leo Halle, Dutch footballer († 1992)
• 1907 » Carlo Cavagnoli, Italian boxer († 1991)
• 1907 » Jānis Mendriks, Latvian Catholic priest († 1953)