Hendriks Family Tree » JESSIE ROBERTSON (1912-)

Birthday November 9, 1912

• The temperature on November 9, 1912 was between 7.0 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
  • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Paulene Myers, American actress († 1996)
• 1914 » Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress and inventor († 2000)
• 1914 » Thomas Berry, American priest, historian, and theologian († 2009)
• 1915 » André François, Romanian-French illustrator, painter, and sculptor († 2005)
• 1915 » Sargent Shriver, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France († 2011)
• 1916 » Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator († 2008)