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Birthday July 30, 1908

• The temperature on July 30, 1908 was between 10.0 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • 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 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
  • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1955)
• 1904 » Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright († 1974)
• 1909 » C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author († 1993)
• 1910 » Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer († 2003)
• 1913 » Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist († 1987)
• 1914 » Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee († 1999)