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Birthday April 1, 1908

• The temperature on April 1, 1908 was between 1.3 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
  • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
  • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
  • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau († 1989)
• 1907 » Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist († 2019)
• 1908 » Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic († 1970)
• 1908 » Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic († 1997)
• 1909 » Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1909 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader († 1951)