Genealogische data Golse Genen » Adriana Maria Verhoeven (1908-)

Birthday May 14, 1908

• The temperature on May 14, 1908 was between 4.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
  • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan († 1974)
• 1907 » Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat († 2005)
• 1908 » Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author († 2000)
• 1909 » Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel († 2009)
• 1910 » Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer († 1974)
• 1910 » Ne Win, Prime Minister and President of Burma († 2002)