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Birthday September 7, 1910

• The temperature on September 7, 1910 was between 10.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  • April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
  • 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 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
  • July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
  • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1994)
• 1908 » Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator († 2008)
• 1908 » Paul Brown, American football player and coach († 1991)
• 1909 » Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1911 » Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian police officer and politician, Head of State of Bulgaria († 1998)
• 1912 » David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard († 1996)