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Birthday February 8, 1910

• The temperature on February 8, 1910 was between 1.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
  • April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
  • May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
  • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)
• 1909 » Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist († 2012)
• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Betty Field, American actress († 1973)
• 1913 » Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1914 » Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman († 1974)