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Birthday July 17, 1909

• The temperature on July 17, 1909 was between 14.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • 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.
  • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
  • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
  • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
  • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist († 1953)
• 1910 » James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada († 2012)
• 1911 » Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic († 1999)
• 1911 » Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player († 2014)
• 1912 » Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host († 2010)
• 1912 » Erwin Bauer, German race car driver († 1958)