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Birthday October 23, 1908

• The temperature on October 23, 1908 was between 1.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
  • 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.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1908 » František Douda, Czech shot putter († 1990)
• 1908 » Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1909 » Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist († 1992)
• 1910 » Hayden Rorke, American actor († 1987)
• 1910 » Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator († 1993)