Descendants Dengerink of Dingerink » NN Leertouwer (1913)

Birthday May 30, 1913

• The temperature on May 30, 1913 was between 15.1 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
  • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic († 1996)
• 1912 » Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor († 1980)
• 1912 » Joseph Stein, American playwright and author († 2010)
• 1912 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1912 » Millicent Selsam, American author and academic († 1996)
• 1914 » Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna († 1979)