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Birthday March 17, 1909

• The temperature on March 17, 1909 was between -4.1 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
  • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
  • July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator († 1991)
• 1906 » Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1991)
• 1907 » Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan († 1988)
• 1910 » Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist († 1991)
• 1912 » Bayard Rustin, American activist († 1987)