Genealogy Robbemond » Lijntje HELDEROP (1900-)

Birthday May 5, 1900

• The temperature on May 5, 1900 was about 15.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
  • March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player († 1959)
• 1898 » Elsie Eaves, American engineer († 1983)
• 1899 » Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1900 » Helen Redfield, American geneticist († 1988)
• 1903 » James Beard, American chef and author († 1985)
• 1905 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator († 1986)