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Birthday December 20, 1904

• The temperature on December 20, 1904 was between -2.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
  • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
  • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator († 1967)
• 1902 » Prince George, Duke of Kent († 1942)
• 1902 » Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1904 » Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1984)
• 1904 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author († 1977)
• 1905 » Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1992)