Clarke Family Tree » Neville Albert Cook (1913-)

Birthday June 22, 1913

• The temperature on June 22, 1913 was between 8.7 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (61%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
  • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
  • May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  • June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Vernon Kirby, South African tennis player († 1994)
• 1912 » Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1983)
• 1912 » Raymonde Allain, French model and actress († 2008)
• 1913 » Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet and author († 1989)
• 1914 » Mei Zhi, Chinese author and essayist († 2004)
• 1915 » Dolf van der Linden, Dutch conductor and composer († 1999)