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Birthday May 29, 1910

• The temperature on May 29, 1910 was between 11.6 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
  • October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
  • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
  • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
  • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » T. H. White, Indian-English author († 1964)
• 1907 » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician († 2002)
• 1908 » Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1910 » Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician († 1978)
• 1913 » Tony Zale, American boxer († 1997)
• 1914 » Stacy Keach Sr., American actor († 2003)