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Birthday July 18, 1909

• The temperature on July 18, 1909 was between 12.5 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer († 1944)
• 1908 » Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist († 1981)
• 1909 » Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1989)
• 1909 » Bishnu Dey, Indian poet, critic, and academic († 1982)
• 1909 » Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress († 1994)
• 1909 » Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan († 1978)