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Birthday August 19, 1908

• The temperature on August 19, 1908 was between 8.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
  • April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
  • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
  • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor († 1971)
• 1907 » Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar († 1979)
• 1907 » Thruston Ballard Morton, American soldier and politician († 1982)
• 1909 » Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player († 1988)
• 1910 » Quentin Bell, English historian and author († 1996)
• 1910 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church († 1946)