Genealogy Velders » Johannes Theodorus Schiltmans (1907-)

Birthday September 8, 1907

• The temperature on September 8, 1907 was between 13.2 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1966)
• 1903 » Jane Arbor, English author († 1994)
• 1906 » Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician († 1990)
• 1907 » William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services († 2003)
• 1909 » Józef Noji, Polish runner († 1943)
• 1910 » Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director († 1994)