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Birthday November 10, 1910

• The temperature on November 10, 1910 was between 1.0 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
  • October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient († 2000)
• 1908 » Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator († 1996)
• 1909 » Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter († 1985)
• 1909 » Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian († 1970)
• 1910 » Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor († 1975)
• 1912 » Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager († 1999)