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Birthday December 8, 1910

• The temperature on December 8, 1910 was between 2.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
  • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
  • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
  • August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
  • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts († 1994)
• 1911 » Lee J. Cobb, American actor († 1976)
• 1911 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter († 1992)
• 1913 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer († 1966)
• 1914 » Floyd Tillman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)