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Birthday January 19, 1908

• The temperature on January 19, 1908 was between -0.9 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
  • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1907 » Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver, sailor, and businessman († 2003)
• 1908 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1971)
• 1908 » Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player († 1994)
• 1911 » Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge († 2009)
• 1912 » Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)