Genealogy Harssema » Anna (Annie) WIELSMA (1911-)

Birthday September 17, 1911

• The temperature on September 17, 1911 was between 5.0 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
  • September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
  • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » John Creasey, English author and politician († 1973)
• 1908 » Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral († 1973)
• 1909 » Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator († 1968)
• 1912 » Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress († 2011)
• 1912 » Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator († 1995)
• 1914 » Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman († 2008)