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Birthday July 25, 1910

• The temperature on July 25, 1910 was between 11.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 30.6 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • 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).
  • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
  • April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
  • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  • July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1906 » Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1970)
• 1908 » Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author († 2004)
• 1908 » Bill Bowes, English cricketer († 1987)
• 1908 » Jack Gilford, American actor († 1990)
• 1914 » Woody Strode, American football player and actor († 1994)