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Birthday October 25, 1904

• The temperature on October 25, 1904 was between 6.6 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
  • October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
  • October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Henry Steele Commager, American historian and author († 1998)
• 1903 » Piet van der Horst, Dutch cyclist († 1983)
• 1904 » Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator († 1968)
• 1904 » Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1904 » Denny Shute, American golfer († 1974)
• 1905 » Bob McPhail, Scottish footballer († 2000)