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Birthday September 19, 1908

• The temperature on September 19, 1908 was between 13.1 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
  • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and jurist († 1998)
• 1908 » Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic († 2001)
• 1908 » Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France († 2004)
• 1908 » Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū († 1975)
• 1909 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman († 1998)
• 1910 » Margaret Lindsay, American actress († 1981)