Kennedy Family Tree » Gladys Daisy Ancell (1907-1986)

Birthday June 15, 1907

• The temperature on June 15, 1907 was between 11.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author († 1985)
• 1906 » Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer († 1994)
• 1907 » James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator († 1975)
• 1909 » Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator († 2002)
• 1910 » David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1911 » Wilbert Awdry, English author, co-created Thomas the Tank Engine († 1997)