Genealogy Van Raam » Simon Lierens (1910-)

Birthday September 13, 1910

• The temperature on September 13, 1910 was between 8.6 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 23.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
  • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
  • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
  • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Chu Berry, American saxophonist († 1941)
• 1908 » Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright († 1987)
• 1908 » Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission († 1995)
• 1909 » Frits Thors, Dutch journalist and radio host († 2014)
• 1909 » Ray Bowden, English footballer († 1998)
• 1911 » Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player († 1996)