Rois Europe » Jean-Marie de Soubeyran (1909-1976)

Birthday October 9, 1909

• The temperature on October 9, 1909 was between 4.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
  • July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
  • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
  • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1907 » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain († 2001)
• 1908 » Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic († 1961)
• 1908 » Lee Wiley, American singer († 1975)
• 1908 » Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant († 1944)
• 1909 » Donald Coggan, English archbishop († 2000)