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Birthday August 15, 1907

• The temperature on August 15, 1907 was between 12.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • 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 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)
• 1909 » Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Julia Child, American chef and author († 2004)
• 1912 » Wendy Hiller, English actress († 2003)