Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Helena Philippina Barbara Kramer (1904-)

Birthday November 30, 1904

• The temperature on November 30, 1904 was between 1.8 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
  • 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).
  • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
  • October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
  • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1904 » Clyfford Still, American painter and educator († 1980)
• 1906 » Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican poet, linguist, and politician († 2008)
• 1906 » John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright († 1977)
• 1907 » Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author († 2012)
• 1909 » Robert Nighthawk, American singer and guitarist († 1967)