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Birthday March 6, 1909

• The temperature on March 6, 1909 was between -7.5 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Bob Wills, American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader († 1975)
• 1906 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian († 1959)
• 1909 » Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician († 1987)
• 1909 » Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish poet and author († 1966)
• 1910 » Ella Logan, Scottish-American singer and actress († 1969)
• 1912 » Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq († 2014)