Database Van Broekhoven » Petronella Maria Suijkerbuijk (1909-)

Birthday February 4, 1909

• The temperature on February 4, 1909 was between 5.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
  • May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
  • May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
  • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto († 1997)
• 1906 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian († 1945)
• 1906 » Letitia Dunbar-Harrison, Irish librarian († 1994)
• 1908 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic († 1937)
• 1912 » Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor († 1993)
• 1912 » Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian banker and politician, Norwegian Minister of Industry († 1999)