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Birthday June 29, 1909

• The temperature on June 29, 1909 was between 5.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
  • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
  • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower († 1963)
• 1908 » Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor († 1975)
• 1910 » Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player († 1993)
• 1910 » Frank Loesser, American composer and conductor († 1969)
• 1911 » Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress († 1995)
• 1911 » Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld († 2004)