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Birthday September 13, 1907

• The temperature on September 13, 1907 was between 10.6 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 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.
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Chu Berry, American saxophonist († 1941)
• 1908 » Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright († 1987)
• 1908 » Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist († 1998)
• 1908 » Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission († 1995)
• 1909 » Frits Thors, Dutch journalist and radio host († 2014)
• 1909 » Ray Bowden, English footballer († 1998)