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Birthday May 21, 1905

• The temperature on May 21, 1905 was between 2.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
  • September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
  • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
  • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
  • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Earl Averill, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1902 » Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect and academic, designed the Ameritrust Tower († 1981)
• 1903 » Manly Wade Wellman, American author († 1986)
• 1904 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1943)
• 1904 » Robert Montgomery, American actor and director († 1981)
• 1907 » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer († 1979)