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Birthday November 18, 1909

• The temperature on November 18, 1909 was between -2.5 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
  • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1907 » Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1907 » Gustav Nezval, Czech actor († 1998)
• 1908 » Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer († 2001)
• 1909 » Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records († 1976)
• 1911 » Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author († 2000)