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Birthday July 10, 1910

• The temperature on July 10, 1910 was between 11.9 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
  • August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  • September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
  • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist († 1941)
• 1909 » Donald Sinclair, English lieutenant and businessman († 1981)
• 1911 » Cootie Williams, American trumpeter and bandleader († 1985)
• 1911 » Terry-Thomas, English comedian and character actor († 1990)
• 1913 » Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright († 1985)
• 1914 » Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman († 1992)