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Birthday June 20, 1909

• The temperature on June 20, 1909 was between 10.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
  • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
  • November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)
• 1908 » Billy Werber, American baseball player († 2009)
• 1908 » Gus Schilling, American actor († 1957)
• 1909 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor († 1959)
• 1910 » Josephine Johnson, American author and poet († 1990)
• 1911 » Gail Patrick, American actress († 1980)