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Birthday March 4, 1905

• The temperature on March 4, 1905 was between 0.1 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
  • November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
  • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
  • December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist († 1968)
• 1904 » Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor († 1942)
• 1904 » Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain († 1973)
• 1906 » Avery Fisher, American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics († 1994)
• 1906 » Georges Ronsse, Belgian cyclist and manager († 1969)
• 1906 » Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author († 1991)