Database Van Broekhoven » Josephine Marie Celestine Smulders (1900-)

Birthday October 29, 1900

• The temperature on October 29, 1900 was about 13.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
  • February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Billy Walker, English footballer († 1964)
• 1897 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany († 1945)
• 1898 » Alan Barker, English soldier († 1984)
• 1899 » Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor († 1972)
• 1905 » Henry Green, English author († 1973)
• 1906 » Fredric Brown, American author († 1972)