Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Lea Goyette (1901-)

Birthday March 13, 1901

• The temperature on March 13, 1901 was between 1.6 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Henry Hathaway, American director and producer († 1985)
• 1899 » John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1980)
• 1899 » Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian pianist and composer († 1978)
• 1900 » Andrée Bosquet, Belgian painter († 1980)
• 1900 » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1902 » Hans Bellmer, German-French painter and sculptor († 1975)