Genealogy Schimmel » Christina Sophia Habermehl (1909-)

Birthday October 25, 1909

• The temperature on October 25, 1909 was between 3.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
  • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
  • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1909 » Edward Flynn, American boxer († 1976)
• 1909 » Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1909 » Ken Domon, Japanese photographer († 1990)
• 1909 » Whit Bissell, American actor († 1996)