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Birthday September 9, 1908

• The temperature on September 9, 1908 was between 11.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (56%). 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
  • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
  • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
  • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1907 » Leon Edel, American author and critic († 1997)
• 1908 » Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author († 1950)
• 1908 » Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral († 1945)