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Birthday March 23, 1910

• The temperature on March 23, 1910 was between 0.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
  • April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Charles Werner, American cartoonist († 1997)
• 1910 » Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1910 » Jerry Cornes, English runner, colonial officer and educator († 2001)
• 1912 » Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic († 1996)
• 1912 » Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach († 2013)
• 1912 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer († 1977)