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Birthday July 8, 1910

• The temperature on July 8, 1910 was between 6.0 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
  • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
  • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
  • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
  • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor († 1975)
• 1908 » Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States († 1979)
• 1909 » Alan Brown, English soldier († 1971)
• 1909 » Ike Petersen, American football back († 1995)
• 1910 » Carlos Betances Ramírez, Puerto Rican general († 2001)
• 1911 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer († 1941)