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Birthday September 7, 1905

• The temperature on September 7, 1905 was between 13.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
  • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
  • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author († 1994)
• 1903 » Margaret Landon, American missionary and author († 1993)
• 1904 » C. B. Colby, American author († 1977)
• 1907 » Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist († 1991)
• 1908 » Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator († 2008)
• 1908 » Paul Brown, American football player and coach († 1991)