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Birthday September 26, 1909

• The temperature on September 26, 1909 was between 11.1 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
  • May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • 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.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy († 1983)
• 1907 » Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer († 1992)
• 1907 » Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian († 1984)
• 1909 » A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 1977)
• 1909 » Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR († 1992)
• 1911 » Al Helfer, American sportscaster († 1975)