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Birthday February 4, 1908

• The temperature on February 4, 1908 was between 1.5 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
  • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
  • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
  • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » MacKinlay Kantor, American author and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1905 » Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer († 1986)
• 1906 » Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto († 1997)
• 1906 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian († 1945)
• 1906 » Letitia Dunbar-Harrison, Irish librarian († 1994)
• 1908 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic († 1937)