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Birthday June 11, 1909

• The temperature on June 11, 1909 was between 5.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  • February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » Karl Hein, German hammer thrower († 1982)
• 1909 » Natascha Artin Brunswick, German-American mathematician and photographer († 2003)
• 1910 » Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer († 1991)
• 1910 » Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung († 1997)
• 1912 » James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1998)