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Birthday August 27, 1905

• The temperature on August 27, 1905 was between 11.1 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (16%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
  • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
  • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)
• 1904 » John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company († 1982)
• 1904 » Norah Lofts, English author († 1983)
• 1905 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier († 1945)
• 1906 » Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield († 1982)
• 1908 » Don Bradman, Australian cricketer and manager († 2001)