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Birthday March 24, 1909

• The temperature on March 24, 1909 was between 0.9 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • 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

• 1907 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec († 1960)
• 1909 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal († 1934)
• 1909 » Richard Wurmbrand, Romanian Pastor and Evangelist († 2001)
• 1910 » Richard Conte, American actor, singer, and director († 1975)
• 1911 » Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera († 2006)
• 1912 » Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist († 2010)