Genealogy van der Wal » Sophia de Vries (1909-)

Birthday May 16, 1909

• The temperature on May 16, 1909 was between 1.5 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
  • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler († 2004)
• 1909 » Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver († 1997)
• 1909 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer († 1960)
• 1910 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator († 1972)
• 1910 » Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator († 2014)
• 1910 » Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author († 1975)