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Birthday May 1, 1910

• The temperature on May 1, 1910 was between 5.7 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
  • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
  • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
  • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician († 1987)
• 1910 » Dirk Andries Flentrop, Dutch organ builder († 2003)
• 1910 » J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist († 1986)
• 1910 » Nejdet Sançar, Turkish literature teacher († 1975)
• 1910 » Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist († 1987)