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Birthday April 17, 1910

• The temperature on April 17, 1910 was between 4.4 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
  • 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.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
  • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Alain Poher, French politician, President of France († 1996)
• 1910 » Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence († 1990)
• 1910 » Helenio Herrera, French footballer and manager († 1997)
• 1910 » Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter and producer († 1999)
• 1911 » Hervé Bazin, French author and poet († 1996)
• 1911 » Lester Rodney, American soldier and journalist († 2009)