Family tree Biesta » Herman Cornelis Biesta (1914-1997)

Birthday June 17, 1914

• The temperature on June 17, 1914 was between 9.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1968)
• 1914 » John Hersey, American journalist and author († 1993)
• 1915 » David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player († 1973)
• 1915 » Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States († 1981)
• 1916 » Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1917 » Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba († 2010)