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Birthday April 9, 1907

• The temperature on April 9, 1907 was between 4.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • 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.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1906 » Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer († 1988)
• 1906 » Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and leader of the Labour Party († 1963)
• 1906 » Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress († 1996)
• 1906 » Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter († 1997)
• 1908 » Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter († 1980)