Family tree familie Kersten » Hendrikus Josephus Leenders (1907-)

Birthday March 18, 1907

• The temperature on March 18, 1907 was between 3.3 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

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)