Kennedy Family Tree » Hector Leonard Ancell (1910-1992)

Birthday January 25, 1910

• The temperature on January 25, 1910 was between -0.2 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  • April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
  • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
  • October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
  • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
  • October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1976)
• 1908 » Hsieh Tung-min, Taiwanese politicians and Vice President of the Republic of China († 2001)
• 1910 » Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian, author, and politician, Estonian Minister of Education († 1984)
• 1913 » Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China († 2010)
• 1913 » Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist († 2003)
• 1913 » Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor († 1994)