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Birthday April 14, 1905

• The temperature on April 14, 1905 was between 5.0 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
  • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Henry Corbin, French philosopher and academic († 1978)
• 1904 » John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer († 2000)
• 1905 » Elizabeth Huckaby, American author and educator († 1999)
• 1905 » Georg Lammers, German sprinter († 1987)
• 1905 » Jean Pierre-Bloch, French author and activist († 1999)
• 1906 » Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king († 1975)