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Birthday September 9, 1910

• The temperature on September 9, 1910 was between 9.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
  • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
  • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
  • 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.
  • August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1907 » Leon Edel, American author and critic († 1997)
• 1908 » Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author († 1950)
• 1908 » Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral († 1945)
• 1911 » John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia († 2002)
• 1911 » Paul Goodman, American author, poet, and playwright († 1972)