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Birthday May 14, 1908

• The temperature on May 14, 1908 was between 4.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%). 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 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 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
  • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan († 1974)
• 1907 » Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat († 2005)
• 1908 » Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author († 2000)
• 1909 » Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel († 2009)
• 1910 » Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer († 1974)
• 1910 » Ne Win, Prime Minister and President of Burma († 2002)