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Birthday February 16, 1909

• The temperature on February 16, 1909 was between -1.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union († 2005)
• 1904 » James Baskett, African-American actor and singer († 1948)
• 1905 » Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer († 1985)
• 1906 » Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player († 1944)
• 1909 » Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director († 1982)
• 1909 » Richard McDonald, Irish-American businessman, co-founded McDonald's († 1998)