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Birthday January 6, 1907

• The temperature on January 6, 1907 was between 1.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • 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.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor († 1993)
• 1910 » Wright Morris, American author and photographer († 1998)
• 1910 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator († 1989)
• 1912 » Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian († 1991)
• 1912 » Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic († 1994)
• 1913 » Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician († 2001)