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Birthday March 29, 1905

• The temperature on March 29, 1905 was between 5.0 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • 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.
  • September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
  • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Don Miller, American football player and coach († 1979)
• 1902 » Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1902 » William Walton, English composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 1999)
• 1906 » James Bausch, American decathlete and football player († 1974)
• 1907 » Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer († 2006)