Genealogische data Golse Genen » Ludovicus Johannes Bervoets (1906-)

Birthday August 25, 1906

• The temperature on August 25, 1906 was between 14.7 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator († 1972)
• 1903 » Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system († 1992)
• 1905 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint († 1938)
• 1906 » Jim Smith, English cricketer († 1979)
• 1909 » Michael Rennie, English actor and producer († 1971)
• 1909 » Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1993)