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Birthday July 1, 1910

• The temperature on July 1, 1910 was between 9.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • 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 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
  • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
  • October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Emmett Toppino, American sprinter († 1971)
• 1910 » Glenn Hardin, American hurdler († 1975)
• 1911 » Arnold Alas, Estonian landscape architect and artist († 1990)
• 1911 » Sergey Sokolov, Russian marshal and politician, Soviet Minister of Defence († 2012)
• 1912 » David Brower, American environmentalist, founded Sierra Club Foundation († 2000)
• 1912 » Sally Kirkland, American journalist († 1989)