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Birthday September 21, 1909

• The temperature on September 21, 1909 was between 7.0 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician († 1999)
• 1906 » Henry Beachell, American biologist and botanist († 2006)
• 1909 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana († 1972)
• 1910 » Meinrad Schütter, Swiss composer († 2006)
• 1912 » Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1912 » György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer († 2005)