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Birthday April 25, 1908

• The temperature on April 25, 1908 was between -3.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
  • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player and referee († 1986)
• 1906 » William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court († 1997)
• 1908 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist († 1965)
• 1909 » William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid († 1985)
• 1910 » Arapeta Awatere, New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer († 1976)
• 1911 » Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach († 2014)