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Birthday December 5, 1907

• The temperature on December 5, 1907 was between 2.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • 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.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Gus Mancuso, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1984)
• 1905 » Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer († 1986)
• 1907 » Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1907 » Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1971)
• 1910 » Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter († 1999)