Kennedy Family Tree » May Clapton (1907-)

Birthday April 13, 1907

• The temperature on April 13, 1907 was between 2.9 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist († 1987)
• 1905 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey († 1964)
• 1906 » Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1991)
• 1906 » Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1989)
• 1907 » Harold Stassen, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota († 2001)
• 1909 » Eudora Welty, American short story writer and novelist († 2001)