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Birthday June 9, 1908

• The temperature on June 9, 1908 was between 8.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
  • January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
  • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
  • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice († 1997)
• 1908 » Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach († 1970)
• 1908 » Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist († 1993)
• 1910 » Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director († 1990)
• 1910 » Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand († 1984)
• 1912 » Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1970)