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Birthday March 11, 1908

• The temperature on March 11, 1908 was between 1.5 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
  • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
  • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader († 1992)
• 1903 » Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar († 1989)
• 1907 » Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer († 1981)
• 1908 » Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower († 1997)
• 1910 » Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic († 1982)
• 1911 » Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Egyptian-Scottish general and politician († 1996)