Genealogy Spierenburg » Johanna Jacoba Petronella Kras (1904-)

Birthday June 26, 1904

• The temperature on June 26, 1904 was between 8.4 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
  • February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
  • May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
  • 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.
  • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
  • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator († 2010)
• 1903 » Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1958)
• 1904 » Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1904 » Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer († 1964)
• 1905 » Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator († 1985)
• 1906 » Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer († 1974)