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Birthday October 8, 1910

• The temperature on October 8, 1910 was between 6.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)
• 1910 » Gus Hall, American soldier and politician († 2000)
• 1910 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier († 2006)
• 1910 » Kirk Alyn, American actor († 1999)
• 1910 » Paulette Dubost, French actress († 2011)
• 1910 » Ray Lewis, Canadian runner († 2003)