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Birthday June 13, 1904

• The temperature on June 13, 1904 was between 4.9 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
  • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
  • April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
  • December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra († 1978)
• 1901 » Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden († 1985)
• 1902 » Carolyn Eisele, American mathematician and historian († 2000)
• 1903 » Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist († 1987)
• 1905 » James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author († 1988)
• 1906 » Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician († 1985)