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Birthday April 26, 1909

• The temperature on April 26, 1909 was between 6.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • 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

• 1905 » Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter († 1934)
• 1907 » Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1968)
• 1909 » Marianne Hoppe, German actress († 2002)
• 1910 » Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer († 1997)
• 1911 » Paul Verner, German soldier and politician († 1986)
• 1912 » A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author († 2000)