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Birthday April 19, 1908

• The temperature on April 19, 1908 was between -0.2 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
  • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
  • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 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.
  • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1903 » Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent († 1957)
• 1907 » Alan Wheatley, English actor († 1991)
• 1908 » Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress († 1990)
• 1912 » Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1913 » Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower and coach († 1984)