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Birthday August 25, 1905

• The temperature on August 25, 1905 was between 5.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
  • April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
  • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
  • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator († 1972)
• 1903 » Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system († 1992)
• 1905 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint († 1938)
• 1906 » Jim Smith, English cricketer († 1979)
• 1909 » Michael Rennie, English actor and producer († 1971)
• 1909 » Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1993)