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Birthday July 20, 1909

• The temperature on July 20, 1909 was between 9.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
  • July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
  • August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Joseph Levis, American foil fencer († 2005)
• 1909 » Eric Rowan, South African cricketer († 1993)
• 1910 » Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer († 2004)
• 1911 » Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer († 1941)
• 1911 » José Zabala-Santos, Filipino author and illustrator († 1985)
• 1912 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author († 1970)