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Birthday December 25, 1910

• The temperature on December 25, 1910 was between 3.9 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
  • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
  • August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
  • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Source: Wikipedia

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