Eijsermans family tree » Gerdina Francisca Wilhelmina van den Brekel (1913-)

Birthday June 22, 1913

• The temperature on June 22, 1913 was between 8.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
  • April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
  • August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
  • December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet and author († 1989)
• 1914 » Mei Zhi, Chinese author and essayist († 2004)
• 1915 » Dolf van der Linden, Dutch conductor and composer († 1999)