Paul Christiaan Smis. Oude namen. » Frederik Diepenhorst (1909-)

Birthday November 26, 1909

• The temperature on November 26, 1909 was between 1.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  • 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.
  • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Charles Forte, Baron Forte, Italian-Scottish businessman, founded Forte Group († 2007)
• 1908 » Lefty Gomez, American baseball player and manager († 1989)
• 1909 » Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic († 1994)
• 1909 » Frances Dee, American actress and singer († 2004)
• 1909 » Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and manager († 1998)
• 1910 » Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor († 1993)