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Birthday April 2, 1908

• The temperature on April 2, 1908 was between -0.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). 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 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.
  • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
  • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1907 » Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower († 1985)
• 1907 » Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1908 » Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer († 2003)
• 1910 » Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium († 2002)
• 1910 » Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient († 1980)