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Birthday January 27, 1910

• The temperature on January 27, 1910 was between -8 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
  • June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  • September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
  • October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Howard McNear, American actor († 1969)
• 1908 » William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher († 1993)
• 1910 » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia († 1979)
• 1912 » Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist († 2009)
• 1912 » Francis Rogallo, American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing († 2009)
• 1915 » Jules Archer, American historian and author († 2008)