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Birthday April 26, 1908

• The temperature on April 26, 1908 was between 0.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
  • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
  • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
  • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal († 1991)
• 1905 » Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter († 1934)
• 1907 » Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1968)
• 1909 » Marianne Hoppe, German actress († 2002)
• 1910 » Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer († 1997)
• 1911 » Paul Verner, German soldier and politician († 1986)