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Birthday August 23, 1909

• The temperature on August 23, 1909 was between 7.1 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
  • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master († 2017)
• 1908 » Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator († 2008)
• 1909 » Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire († 1970)
• 1910 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager († 1979)
• 1910 » Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier († 2009)
• 1911 » Betty Robinson, American sprinter († 1999)