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Birthday November 14, 1910

• The temperature on November 14, 1910 was between 5.7 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
  • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
  • April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
  • October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1995)
• 1908 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 1957)
• 1910 » Eric Malpass, English author († 1996)
• 1910 » Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer († 2001)
• 1912 » Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist († 1979)
• 1912 » Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge († 2003)