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Birthday April 20, 1909

• The temperature on April 20, 1909 was between 7.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
  • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
  • September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek bishop († 2010)
• 1907 » Miran Bux, Pakistani cricketer († 1991)
• 1908 » Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor († 2002)
• 1910 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician († 1961)
• 1913 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor and poet († 1986)
• 1913 » Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist († 1976)