Eijsermans family tree » Antonia Adriana Smits (1909-)

Birthday January 8, 1909

• The temperature on January 8, 1909 was between -0.7 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Source: Wikipedia

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