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Birthday July 25, 1909

• The temperature on July 25, 1909 was between 9.4 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
  • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1906 » Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1970)
• 1908 » Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author († 2004)
• 1908 » Bill Bowes, English cricketer († 1987)
• 1908 » Jack Gilford, American actor († 1990)