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Birthday September 27, 1905

• The temperature on September 27, 1905 was between 6.7 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
  • April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
  • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
  • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
  • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
  • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician († 1981)
• 1905 » Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager († 1994)
• 1906 » Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1906 » Sergei Varshavsky, Russian art collector and author († 1980)
• 1906 » William Empson, English poet and critic († 1984)
• 1907 » Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)