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Birthday June 4, 1910

• The temperature on June 4, 1910 was between 10.6 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
  • October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
  • November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
  • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Source: Wikipedia

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