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Birthday April 30, 1908

• The temperature on April 30, 1908 was between -1.8 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
  • March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
  • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
  • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland († 1970)
• 1908 » Eve Arden, American actress († 1990)
• 1908 » Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician († 1997)
• 1909 » F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor and educator († 1992)
• 1909 » Juliana of the Netherlands († 2004)
• 1910 » Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer († 2002)