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Birthday June 23, 1909

• The temperature on June 23, 1909 was between 8.0 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » David Lewis, Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician († 1981)
• 1909 » Georges Rouquier, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1910 » Bill King, English commander and author († 2012)
• 1910 » Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 2008)
• 1910 » Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1910 » Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer († 2000)