Genealogy Zevenbergen » Theunis Hendrik Okkerse (1912-)

Birthday November 25, 1912

• The temperature on November 25, 1912 was between 5.4 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
  • November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1911 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer († 1984)
• 1913 » Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator († 1993)
• 1914 » Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach († 1999)
• 1914 » Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist († 1995)
• 1915 » Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile († 2006)