Sherren Family Tree » Mary Elizabeth MacEachern (twin) (1905-)

Birthday July 7, 1905

• The temperature on July 7, 1905 was between 7.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
  • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
  • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
  • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
  • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Simone Beck, French chef and author († 1991)
• 1905 » Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, French mathematician († 1972)
• 1906 » Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer († 1985)
• 1906 » Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1906 » William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic († 1970)
• 1907 » Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 1988)