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Birthday April 3, 1909

• The temperature on April 3, 1909 was between -3.4 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Stanislaw Ulam, Polish-American mathematician and academic († 1984)
• 1910 » Ted Hook, Australian public servant († 1990)
• 1911 » Michael Woodruff, English-Scottish surgeon and academic († 2001)
• 1911 » Nanette Bordeaux, Canadian-American actress († 1956)
• 1911 » Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner († 1980)
• 1912 » Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author († 1982)