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Birthday October 28, 1910

• The temperature on October 28, 1910 was between 3.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
  • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
  • March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
  • May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
  • 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.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic († 1987)
• 1908 » Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina († 1995)
• 1909 » Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator († 1992)
• 1912 » Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist († 2005)
• 1914 » Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician († 1988)
• 1914 » Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician († 1995)