Genealogy De Wit (stad Groningen) » Aaltje van Gelderen (1904-)

Birthday July 18, 1904

• The temperature on July 18, 1904 was between 10.0 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
  • February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
  • February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
  • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
  • July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author († 1999)
• 1902 » Chill Wills, American actor († 1978)
• 1902 » Jessamyn West, American author († 1984)
• 1905 » Robert Elton Brooker, American business executive († 2000)
• 1906 » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter († 1963)
• 1906 » S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician († 1992)