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Birthday December 2, 1909

• The temperature on December 2, 1909 was between 2.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
  • 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

• 1906 » Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer († 1977)
• 1909 » Arvo Askola, Finnish runner († 1975)
• 1909 » Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author († 1987)
• 1909 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach († 1987)
• 1910 » Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner († 1979)