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Birthday May 15, 1905

• The temperature on May 15, 1905 was between 7.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
  • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist († 1998)
• 1904 » Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author († 1999)
• 1905 » Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film († 1970)
• 1905 » Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor († 1976)
• 1905 » Joseph Cotten, American actor († 1994)
• 1907 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist († 1931)