Genealogische data Golse Genen » Anna Hendrika Sprankenis (1913-)

Birthday January 5, 1913

• The temperature on January 5, 1913 was between 1.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
  • August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1995)
• 1910 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and journalist († 1949)
• 1911 » Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1914 » George Reeves, American actor and director († 1959)
• 1914 » Nicolas de Staël, Russian-French painter and illustrator († 1955)
• 1915 » Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian geographer and cartographer († 2004)