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Birthday September 10, 1909

• The temperature on September 10, 1909 was between 10.3 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
  • September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Karl Wien, German geographer, academic, and mountaineer († 1937)
• 1907 » Alva R. Fitch, American general († 1989)
• 1907 » Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist († 1997)
• 1908 » Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania († 2004)
• 1908 » Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1994)
• 1908 » Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author († 1996)