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Birthday July 18, 1910

• The temperature on July 18, 1910 was between 15.4 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
  • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
  • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
  • September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
  • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
  • October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1989)
• 1909 » Bishnu Dey, Indian poet, critic, and academic († 1982)
• 1909 » Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress († 1994)
• 1909 » Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan († 1978)
• 1910 » Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman († 1989)
• 1910 » Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician; 1st Prime Minister of Senegal († 2009)