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Birthday July 14, 1909

• The temperature on July 14, 1909 was between 12.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman, founded Carvel († 1990)
• 1906 » William H. Tunner, American general († 1983)
• 1907 » Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver († 1989)
• 1910 » William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera († 2001)
• 1911 » Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author († 2000)
• 1912 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1967)