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Birthday August 27, 1904

• The temperature on August 27, 1904 was between 9.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  • February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
  • May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
  • June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
  • June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)
• 1904 » John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company († 1982)
• 1904 » Norah Lofts, English author († 1983)
• 1905 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier († 1945)
• 1906 » Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield († 1982)
• 1908 » Don Bradman, Australian cricketer and manager († 2001)