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Birthday March 27, 1905

• The temperature on March 27, 1905 was between 3.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
  • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
  • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter and producer († 1975)
• 1903 » Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet and playwright († 1950)
• 1905 » Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American author and engineer († 1980)
• 1905 » Leroy Carr, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1935)
• 1905 » Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, German general († 1980)
• 1906 » Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer († 1969)