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Birthday July 12, 1908

• The temperature on July 12, 1908 was between 12.8 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
  • 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 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
  • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
  • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
  • December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon († 1993)
• 1908 » Alain Cuny, French actor († 1994)
• 1908 » Milton Berle, American comedian and actor († 2002)
• 1908 » Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1909 » Joe DeRita, American actor († 1993)
• 1909 » Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer and illustrator († 2010)