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Birthday April 27, 1909

• The temperature on April 27, 1909 was between 9.1 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
  • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • 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.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright († 1966)
• 1910 » Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China († 1988)
• 1911 » Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist († 2009)
• 1911 » Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer († 1965)
• 1912 » Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician († 2001)
• 1912 » Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)