Eijsermans family tree » Adrianus Johannes Sprangers (1910-)

Birthday February 24, 1910

• The temperature on February 24, 1910 was between 0.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
  • August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
  • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
  • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright († 1967)
• 1908 » Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author († 1971)
• 1914 » Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall († 2005)
• 1914 » Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist († 1955)
• 1915 » Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer († 1986)