Genealogy Wylie » Edgar Leander Davis (1905-)

Birthday April 20, 1905

• The temperature on April 20, 1905 was between 1.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
  • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
  • August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
  • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
  • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
  • December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1904 » Bruce Cabot, American actor († 1972)
• 1907 » Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek bishop († 2010)
• 1907 » Miran Bux, Pakistani cricketer († 1991)
• 1908 » Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor († 2002)
• 1910 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician († 1961)