Dreyer Tree » Mattheus Johannes Lotter (1908-)

Birthday March 18, 1908

• The temperature on March 18, 1908 was between -2.6 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Robert Donat, English actor († 1958)
• 1905 » Thomas Townsend Brown, American physicist and engineer († 1985)
• 1907 » John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist († 1997)
• 1908 » Loulou Gasté, French composer († 1995)
• 1909 » C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator († 2004)
• 1909 » Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery († 2007)