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Birthday May 23, 1910

• The temperature on May 23, 1910 was between 10.8 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
  • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
  • May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
  • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
  • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
  • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader († 2004)
• 1910 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic († 1962)
• 1910 » Hugh Casson, English architect and academic († 1999)
• 1910 » Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator († 1952)
• 1910 » Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian († 1986)
• 1911 » Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer († 1984)