Eijsermans family tree » Hendricus Jacobus Wets (1910-)

Birthday March 9, 1910

• The temperature on March 9, 1910 was between 6.7 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
  • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
  • April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Will Geer, American actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American soldier and engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies († 2002)
• 1910 » Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer († 1981)
• 1911 » Clara Rockmore, American classical violin prodigy and theremin player, († 1998)
• 1915 » Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot († 2001)
• 1918 » George Lincoln Rockwell, American sailor and politician, founded the American Nazi Party († 1967)