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Birthday April 14, 1904

• The temperature on April 14, 1904 was between 7.0 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
  • February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
  • May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
  • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
  • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Henry Corbin, French philosopher and academic († 1978)
• 1903 » Ruth Svedberg, Swedish discus thrower and triathlete († 2002)
• 1904 » John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer († 2000)
• 1905 » Elizabeth Huckaby, American author and educator († 1999)
• 1905 » Georg Lammers, German sprinter († 1987)
• 1905 » Jean Pierre-Bloch, French author and activist († 1999)