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Birthday October 26, 1910

• The temperature on October 26, 1910 was between 3.2 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
  • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
  • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
  • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Dante Quinterno, Argentinian author and illustrator († 2003)
• 1909 » Ignace Lepp, French psychologist and author († 1966)
• 1910 » John Krol, American cardinal († 1996)
• 1911 » Mahalia Jackson, American singer († 1972)
• 1911 » Sid Gillman, American football player and coach († 2003)
• 1911 » Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet and educator († 1996)