Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Gertrude CONK (1841-1907)

Day of death June 28, 1907

• The temperature on June 28, 1907 was between 11.7 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Alexandros Rizos Rangavis, Greek poet and politician, Greek Foreign Minister (b. 1810)
• 1913 » Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1914 » Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1914 » Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg (b. 1868)
• 1915 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1917 » Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and educator (b. 1868)