Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis de Meijer (1909-)

Birthday October 18, 1909

• The temperature on October 18, 1909 was between 10.6 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author († 1963)
• 1904 » Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic († 1981)
• 1905 » Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire († 1993)
• 1905 » Jan Gies, Dutch activist († 1993)
• 1906 » James Brooks, American painter and educator († 1992)
• 1909 » Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and theorist († 2004)