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Birthday April 22, 1908

• The temperature on April 22, 1908 was between -0.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • 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.
  • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1909 » Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian († 2001)
• 1909 » Rita Levi-Montalcini, Sephardic Jewish-Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1909 » Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 2000)