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Birthday November 30, 1905

• The temperature on November 30, 1905 was between -4.3 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
  • September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
  • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Clyfford Still, American painter and educator († 1980)
• 1906 » Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican poet, linguist, and politician († 2008)
• 1906 » John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright († 1977)
• 1907 » Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author († 2012)
• 1909 » Robert Nighthawk, American singer and guitarist († 1967)
• 1911 » Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter († 1978)