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Birthday January 3, 1907

• The temperature on January 3, 1907 was between 1.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • 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.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Anna May Wong, American actress († 1961)
• 1905 » Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer († 1996)
• 1907 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director († 1986)
• 1909 » Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor († 2000)
• 1910 » Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager († 2000)
• 1911 » John Sturges, American director and producer († 1992)