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Birthday July 1, 1907

• The temperature on July 1, 1907 was between 6.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • 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

• 1903 » Amy Johnson, English pilot († 1941)
• 1906 » Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies († 2004)
• 1906 » Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic († 1992)
• 1907 » Norman Pirie, Scottish-English biochemist and virologist († 1997)
• 1909 » Emmett Toppino, American sprinter († 1971)
• 1910 » Glenn Hardin, American hurdler († 1975)