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Birthday June 11, 1908

• The temperature on June 11, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
  • April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
  • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
  • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
  • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
  • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint († 1919)
• 1908 » Karl Hein, German hammer thrower († 1982)
• 1909 » Natascha Artin Brunswick, German-American mathematician and photographer († 2003)
• 1910 » Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer († 1991)
• 1910 » Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung († 1997)
• 1912 » James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1998)