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Birthday September 11, 1904

• The temperature on September 11, 1904 was between 3.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
  • February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
  • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
  • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1903 » Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter († 1984)
• 1903 » Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1904 » Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist († 2010)
• 1907 » Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator († 1974)
• 1908 » Alvar Lidell, English journalist († 1981)