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Birthday April 10, 1904

• The temperature on April 10, 1904 was between 3.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
  • April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
  • October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist († 2004)
• 1901 » Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil, Indian economist († 1971)
• 1903 » Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator († 1970)
• 1906 » Steve Anderson, American hurdler († 1988)
• 1910 » Helenio Herrera, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1997)
• 1910 » Margaret Clapp, American scholar and academic († 1974)