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Birthday March 14, 1909

• The temperature on March 14, 1909 was between -1.6 and 1.2 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • 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 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator († 1972)
• 1908 » Ed Heinemann, American designer of military aircraft († 1991)
• 1908 » Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher and academic († 1961)
• 1908 » Philip Conrad Vincent, English engineer and businessman, founded Vincent Motorcycles († 1979)
• 1911 » Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist († 2005)
• 1912 » Cliff Bastin, English footballer († 1991)