More like a forest than a tree! » Mervyn Joseph Marcus BROOMHALL (1908-> 1980)

Birthday December 31, 1908

• The temperature on December 31, 1908 was between -16.1 °C and -6.5 °C and averaged -10.5 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
  • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
  • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1905 » Jule Styne, English-American composer († 1994)
• 1908 » Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist († 2000)
• 1910 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1910 » Enrique Maier, Spanish tennis player († 1981)