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Birthday December 25, 1908

• The temperature on December 25, 1908 was between -3.5 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
  • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1907 » Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor († 1990)
• 1908 » Ernest L. Massad, American general († 1993)
• 1908 » Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player († 2001)
• 1908 » Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator († 1999)