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Birthday March 31, 1909

• The temperature on March 31, 1909 was between 7.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (19%). 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 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.
  • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
  • November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
  • 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 » Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1908 » Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer († 1999)
• 1911 » Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano († 1986)
• 1911 » Freddie Green, American guitarist († 1987)
• 1912 » William Lederer, American soldier and author († 2009)