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Birthday March 30, 1907

• The temperature on March 30, 1907 was between 4.1 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • 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.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Ripper Collins, American baseball player and coach († 1970)
• 1905 » Albert Pierrepoint, English hangman († 1992)
• 1905 » Archie Birkin, English motorcycle racer († 1927)
• 1905 » Mikio Oda, Japanese triple jumper and academic († 1998)
• 1907 » Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general († 1994)
• 1910 » Józef Marcinkiewicz, Polish soldier, mathematician, and academic († 1940)