Kramer Family Tree » Johan Martin Herman "Baggen" Johnsen (1904-)

Birthday October 19, 1904

• The temperature on October 19, 1904 was between 8.8 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
  • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
  • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
  • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
  • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Source: Wikipedia

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