Family tree Driessen » George Frans Henri Rive (1904-)

Birthday November 16, 1904

• The temperature on November 16, 1904 was between -2.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
  • February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
  • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
  • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
  • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host († 1976)
• 1900 » Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian race car driver († 1994)
• 1904 » Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria († 1996)
• 1905 » Eddie Condon, American guitarist and banjo player († 1973)
• 1907 » Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1909 » Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader († 1982)