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Birthday March 22, 1905

• The temperature on March 22, 1905 was between 3.0 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
  • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
  • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
  • June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
  • December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory († 1949)
• 1902 » Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer († 2008)
• 1903 » Bill Holman, American cartoonist († 1987)
• 1907 » James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France († 1990)
• 1908 » Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player († 1991)
• 1908 » Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer († 1988)