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Birthday September 18, 1905

• The temperature on September 18, 1905 was between 6.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
  • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
  • September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
  • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
  • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1904 » David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education († 1999)
• 1904 » Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor († 1985)
• 1905 » Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer († 1993)
• 1905 » Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor († 1977)
• 1905 » Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress († 1990)