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Birthday February 11, 1905

• The temperature on February 11, 1905 was between -0.8 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
  • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
  • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel († 1971)
• 1904 » Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1983)
• 1904 » Lucile Randon, French Supercentenarian
• 1908 » Philip Dunne, American screenwriter († 1992)
• 1908 » Vivian Fuchs, English explorer († 1999)
• 1909 » Max Baer, American boxer and actor († 1959)