Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Count Maria-Anton of Francken-Sierstorpff (1908-)

Birthday August 9, 1908

• The temperature on August 9, 1908 was between 8.2 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
  • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
  • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Leo Genn, British actor and barrister († 1978)
• 1909 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat († 1944)
• 1909 » Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Indian scholar, author, and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president († 2003)
• 1911 » Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer († 2001)
• 1911 » William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate († 1996)