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Birthday April 9, 1910

• The temperature on April 9, 1910 was between 1.5 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
  • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
  • 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.
  • September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer († 1988)
• 1906 » Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress († 1996)
• 1908 » Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1909 » Robert Helpmann, Australian dancer, actor, and choreographer († 1986)
• 1910 » Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services († 1998)
• 1912 » Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic († 1997)