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Birthday October 15, 1904

• The temperature on October 15, 1904 was between -3.8 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
  • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
  • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
  • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist († 1952)
• 1905 » C. P. Snow, English chemist and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1963)
• 1906 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician († 2004)
• 1906 » Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)
• 1907 » Varian Fry, American journalist and author († 1967)