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Birthday May 28, 1904

• The temperature on May 28, 1904 was between 10.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
  • February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
  • February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
  • April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
  • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player († 1939)
• 1903 » S. L. Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded Kirloskar Group († 1994)
• 1906 » Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada († 1997)
• 1908 » Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond († 1964)
• 1908 » Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 2005)
• 1909 » Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player († 2005)