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Birthday May 16, 1910

• The temperature on May 16, 1910 was between 6.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
  • October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
  • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
  • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
  • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver († 1997)
• 1909 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer († 1960)
• 1910 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator († 1972)
• 1910 » Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator († 2014)
• 1910 » Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author († 1975)
• 1912 » Studs Terkel, American historian and author († 2008)