Sherren Family Tree » Harold Retallack McBeath (1909-1969)

Birthday April 27, 1909

• The temperature on April 27, 1909 was between 9.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright († 1966)
• 1910 » Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China († 1988)
• 1911 » Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist († 2009)
• 1911 » Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer († 1965)
• 1912 » Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician († 2001)
• 1912 » Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)