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Birthday October 8, 1909

• The temperature on October 8, 1909 was between 10.4 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
  • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)
• 1910 » Gus Hall, American soldier and politician († 2000)
• 1910 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier († 2006)
• 1910 » Kirk Alyn, American actor († 1999)
• 1910 » Paulette Dubost, French actress († 2011)
• 1910 » Ray Lewis, Canadian runner († 2003)