Genealogy Van Raam » Elisabeth Suze Louise Sonépouse (1911-)

Birthday June 7, 1911

• The temperature on June 7, 1911 was between 11.2 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
  • May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
  • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1910 » Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer († 1990)
• 1910 » Mike Sebastian, American football player and coach († 1989)
• 1911 » Brooks Stevens, American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile († 1995)
• 1912 » Jacques Hélian, French bandleader († 1986)