Genealogische gegevens uit Noord-Oost Overijssel » Hendrikus Hermannus Haverkort (1905-)

Birthday January 14, 1905

• The temperature on January 14, 1905 was between -3.6 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
  • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
  • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
  • November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
  • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1904 » Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer († 1980)
• 1904 » Emily Hahn, American journalist and author († 1997)
• 1905 » Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer († 1991)
• 1905 » Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan († 1995)
• 1906 » William Bendix, American actor († 1964)