Eijsermans family tree » Gerardus Nicolaas Cornelis van Hooff (1917-> 2010)

Birthday April 11, 1917

• The temperature on April 11, 1917 was between -5.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer († 1987)
• 1916 » Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian-Swiss pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1916 » Howard W. Koch, American director and producer († 2001)
• 1917 » David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author († 2005)
• 1918 » Richard Wainwright, English soldier and politician († 2003)
• 1919 » Raymond Carr, English historian and academic († 2015)