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Birthday March 30, 1908

• The temperature on March 30, 1908 was between 4.1 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (48%). 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 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.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
  • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
  • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Archie Birkin, English motorcycle racer († 1927)
• 1905 » Mikio Oda, Japanese triple jumper and academic († 1998)
• 1907 » Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general († 1994)
• 1910 » Józef Marcinkiewicz, Polish soldier, mathematician, and academic († 1940)
• 1911 » Ekrem Akurgal, Turkish archaeologist and academic († 2002)