Eijsermans family tree » Maria van Puijenbroek (1914-)

Birthday June 4, 1914

• The temperature on June 4, 1914 was between 2.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (45%). 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 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter († 1993)
• 1915 » Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali († 1977)
• 1915 » Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director († 1965)
• 1915 » Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer († 2006)
• 1916 » Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter († 2014)
• 1916 » Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)