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Birthday March 3, 1909

• The temperature on March 3, 1909 was between -4.7 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic († 1991)
• 1911 » Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1982)
• 1911 » Jean Harlow, American actress († 1937)
• 1913 » Harold J. Stone, American actor († 2005)
• 1913 » Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer († 1972)
• 1914 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor († 1973)