Family tree Wim en Annelies de Leede » Joannes Hermanus Josephus van Gent (1909-)

Birthday January 13, 1909

• The temperature on January 13, 1909 was between -0.8 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. 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.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • 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.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Jack London, English sprinter and pianist († 1966)
• 1905 » Kay Francis, American actress († 1968)
• 1906 » Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic († 2017)
• 1909 » Helm Glöckler, German race car driver († 1993)
• 1910 » Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter and illustrator († 1989)
• 1911 » Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st Premier of Queensland († 2005)