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Birthday March 7, 1909

• The temperature on March 7, 1909 was between -1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 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.
  • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Anna Magnani, Italian actress († 1973)
• 1910 » Will Glickman, American playwright († 1983)
• 1911 » Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian modern poet, journalist and author († 1987)
• 1911 » Stefan Kisielewski, Polish libertarian writer and politician († 1991)
• 1912 » Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat († 1992)
• 1913 » Dollard Ménard, Canadian general († 1997)