Descendants Bree » Anthonius Marinus van GILS (1910-)

Birthday November 3, 1910

• The temperature on November 3, 1910 was between 0.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 14.7 mm of rain. There was 3.1 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 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 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
  • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
  • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
  • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player, wrestler, and coach († 1990)
• 1908 » Giovanni Leone, Italian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Italy († 2001)
• 1909 » James Reston, Scottish-American journalist and author († 1995)
• 1910 » Karel Zeman, Czech director, animator, production designer, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1911 » Kick Smit, Dutch footballer and manager († 1974)
• 1912 » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay († 2006)