Eijsermans family tree » Boudewijn Josephus Maria van Gorp (1908-)

Birthday September 29, 1908

• The temperature on September 29, 1908 was between 12.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
  • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
  • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman († 1998)
• 1907 » George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix († 1996)
• 1908 » Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator († 1967)
• 1910 » Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist († 1977)
• 1910 » Virginia Bruce, American actress († 1982)
• 1911 » Charles Court, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia († 2007)