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Birthday March 3, 1908

• The temperature on March 3, 1908 was between -0.8 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
  • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician († 1967)
• 1906 » Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic († 1991)
• 1911 » Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1982)
• 1911 » Jean Harlow, American actress († 1937)
• 1913 » Harold J. Stone, American actor († 2005)
• 1913 » Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer († 1972)