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Birthday January 2, 1910

• The temperature on January 2, 1910 was between 4.4 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
  • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
  • November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1905 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor († 1998)
• 1909 » Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author († 1998)
• 1909 » Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author († 2009)
• 1913 » Anna Lee, English-American actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist († 1992)