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Birthday July 14, 1909

• The temperature on July 14, 1909 was between 12.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
  • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
  • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman, founded Carvel († 1990)
• 1906 » William H. Tunner, American general († 1983)
• 1907 » Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver († 1989)
• 1910 » William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera († 2001)
• 1911 » Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author († 2000)
• 1912 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1967)