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Birthday March 20, 1909

• The temperature on March 20, 1909 was between 4.6 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 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.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City († 2001)
• 1906 » Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader († 1975)
• 1907 » Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator († 1990)
• 1908 » Michael Redgrave, English actor and director († 1985)
• 1910 » Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower († 1999)
• 1911 » Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)