Genealogy Wille-Schumann » Laura Maria Cerarina Francq (1908-)

Birthday February 6, 1908

• The temperature on February 6, 1908 was between 0.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
  • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
  • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian († 1980)
• 1908 » Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy († 1999)
• 1908 » Edward Lansdale, American general and CIA agent († 1987)
• 1908 » Geo Bogza, Romanian poet and journalist († 1993)
• 1908 » Michael Maltese, American actor, screenwriter, and composer († 1981)
• 1910 » Roman Czerniawski, Polish air force officer and spy († 1985)