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Birthday February 13, 1910

• The temperature on February 13, 1910 was between -3.3 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
  • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • 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.
  • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress († 2004)
• 1910 » William Shockley, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1989)
• 1911 » Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Indian-Pakistani poet and journalist († 1984)
• 1911 » Jean Muir, American actress and educator († 1996)
• 1912 » Harald Riipalu, Russian-Estonian commander († 1961)
• 1912 » Margaretta Scott, English actress († 2005)