Genealogische gegevens uit Noord-Oost Overijssel » Hendrikus Arnoldus Aalders (1904-)

Birthday August 4, 1904

• The temperature on August 4, 1904 was between 16.3 °C and 32.3 °C and averaged 24.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
  • April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
  • April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
  • May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
  • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1904 » Helen Kane, American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1904 » Joe Tate, English footballer and manager († 1973)
• 1904 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright († 1969)
• 1905 » Abeid Karume, 1st President of Zanzibar († 1972)
• 1906 » Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer († 1973)