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Birthday October 23, 1907

• The temperature on October 23, 1907 was between 8.6 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1905 » Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer († 2003)
• 1905 » Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1993)
• 1908 » František Douda, Czech shot putter († 1990)
• 1908 » Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1909 » Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist († 1992)