Genealogische data Golse Genen » Maria Catharina "Miet" Olieslagers (1907-)

Birthday April 17, 1907

• The temperature on April 17, 1907 was between 4.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (67%). 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 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • 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 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Arthur Lake, American actor († 1987)
• 1905 » Louis Jean Heydt, American journalist and actor († 1960)
• 1906 » Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente († 1984)
• 1909 » Alain Poher, French politician, President of France († 1996)
• 1910 » Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence († 1990)
• 1910 » Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter and producer († 1999)