Gerretsen (Gerritsen) Genealogie » Gesina Aleida Gerritsen (1907-)

Birthday November 28, 1907

• The temperature on November 28, 1907 was between 5.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. 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 year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » James Eastland, American planter and politician († 1986)
• 1906 » Henry Picard, American golfer († 1997)
• 1907 » Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author († 1990)
• 1907 » Rose Bampton, American soprano and educator († 2007)
• 1908 » Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist († 2009)
• 1908 » Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State († 1997)