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Birthday April 5, 1909

• The temperature on April 5, 1909 was between -1.8 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
  • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Bette Davis, American actress († 1989)
• 1908 » Kurt Neumann, German director († 1958)
• 1909 » Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions († 1996)
• 1909 » Erwin Wegner, German hurdler († 1945)
• 1909 » Giacomo Gentilomo, Italian film director and painter († 2001)
• 1909 » Károly Sós, Hungarian footballer and manager († 1991)