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Birthday January 18, 1905

• The temperature on January 18, 1905 was between -0.6 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
  • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
  • December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Berthold Goldschmidt, German pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1904 » Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer († 2006)
• 1904 » Cary Grant, English-American actor († 1986)
• 1905 » Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss († 2002)
• 1907 » János Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor († 1984)
• 1908 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host († 1974)