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Birthday May 3, 1905

• The temperature on May 3, 1905 was between 3.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
  • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
  • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
  • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
  • December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Edmund Black, American hammer thrower († 1996)
• 1905 » Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach († 1986)
• 1905 » Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic († 1988)
• 1906 » Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author († 1975)
• 1906 » Mary Astor, American actress († 1987)
• 1906 » René Huyghe, French historian and author († 1997)