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Birthday March 9, 1905

• The temperature on March 9, 1905 was between 4.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
  • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
  • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • 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.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician († 1971)
• 1902 » Will Geer, American actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American soldier and engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies († 2002)
• 1910 » Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer († 1981)
• 1911 » Clara Rockmore, American classical violin prodigy and theremin player, († 1998)
• 1915 » Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot († 2001)