Descendants Geurt Reijers van Tuijl omgeving Ochten » Willem de Kruijff (1908-)

Birthday June 29, 1908

• The temperature on June 29, 1908 was between 12.6 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
  • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
  • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
  • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor († 1975)
• 1910 » Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player († 1993)
• 1910 » Frank Loesser, American composer and conductor († 1969)