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Birthday May 24, 1909

• The temperature on May 24, 1909 was between 7.5 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
  • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect († 1990)
• 1905 » Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1909 » Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician († 1992)
• 1910 » Jimmy Demaret, American golfer († 1983)
• 1913 » Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier († 1993)
• 1914 » Lilli Palmer, German-American actress († 1986)