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Birthday December 17, 1904

• The temperature on December 17, 1904 was between 6.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
  • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
  • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
  • April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
  • June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer († 1987)
• 1903 » Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1905 » Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator († 1975)
• 1905 » Mohammad Hidayatullah, 11th Chief Justice of India, and politician, 6th Vice President of India († 1992)
• 1905 » Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper († 2002)