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Birthday December 15, 1908

• The temperature on December 15, 1908 was between 4.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
  • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
  • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1907 » Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília († 2012)
• 1908 » Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Eliza Atkins Gleason, African American librarian († 2009)
• 1909 » Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter († 1974)
• 1910 » John Hammond, American record producer and critic († 1987)