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Birthday August 24, 1910

• The temperature on August 24, 1910 was between 9.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
  • March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
  • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
  • July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
  • 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

• 1905 » Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1974)
• 1907 » Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect, designed the Hallenstadion († 2012)
• 1908 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist († 1931)
• 1909 » Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier († 1998)
• 1911 » Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer († 2000)
• 1913 » Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer († 2009)