Eijsermans family tree » Elisabeth Maria Petronella van Rijckevorsel (1907-)

Birthday September 25, 1907

• The temperature on September 25, 1907 was between 4.8 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator († 1970)
• 1906 » Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer († 1975)
• 1906 » Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author († 1996)
• 1906 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic († 1962)
• 1908 » Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1910 » Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach († 1980)