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Birthday June 17, 1910

• The temperature on June 17, 1910 was between 10.4 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
  • September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
  • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1909 » Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota († 2004)
• 1909 » Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor († 2004)
• 1910 » George Hees, Canadian football player and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1968)
• 1914 » John Hersey, American journalist and author († 1993)