Johann Peter Ahrens » Pieter Johannes Ahrens (1909-)

Birthday April 30, 1909

• The temperature on April 30, 1909 was between 2.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 19.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
  • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
  • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland († 1970)
• 1908 » Eve Arden, American actress († 1990)
• 1908 » Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician († 1997)
• 1909 » F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor and educator († 1992)
• 1909 » Juliana of the Netherlands († 2004)
• 1910 » Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer († 2002)