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Birthday June 22, 1909

• The temperature on June 22, 1909 was between 10.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
  • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
  • November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Spanish aristocratic († 2002)
• 1909 » Katherine Dunham, American dancer and choreographer († 2006)
• 1909 » Mike Todd, American producer and manager († 1958)
• 1910 » Anne Ziegler, English singer († 2003)
• 1910 » John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English lieutenant and mountaineer († 1998)
• 1910 » Konrad Zuse, German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 computer († 1995)