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Birthday October 7, 1905

• The temperature on October 7, 1905 was between 4.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
  • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1905 » Andy Devine, American actor († 1977)
• 1907 » Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author († 1985)
• 1909 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author († 1990)
• 1909 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany († 1983)
• 1909 » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator († 1995)