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Birthday October 4, 1909

• The temperature on October 4, 1909 was between 13.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 25.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • 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.
  • May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
  • November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Mary Celine Fasenmyer, American mathematician († 1996)
• 1907 » Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic († 1994)
• 1910 » Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author († 1956)
• 1910 » Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach († 2002)
• 1913 » Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti († 2011)
• 1914 » Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia († 2003)