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Birthday April 25, 1909

• The temperature on April 25, 1909 was between 6.4 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • 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.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
  • July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court († 1997)
• 1908 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist († 1965)
• 1909 » William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid († 1985)
• 1910 » Arapeta Awatere, New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer († 1976)
• 1911 » Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach († 2014)
• 1912 » Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist († 1965)