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Birthday September 16, 1909

• The temperature on September 16, 1909 was between 11.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
  • 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

• 1905 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-English colonel († 1996)
• 1910 » Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur († 1975)
• 1910 » Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager († 2003)
• 1911 » Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1911 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author († 1983)