Eijsermans family tree » Gerardus Franciscus de Natris (1906-)

Birthday July 19, 1906

• The temperature on July 19, 1906 was between 11.6 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
  • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Samudrala Raghavacharya, Indian singer, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1904 » Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer and farmer († 1985)
• 1907 » Isabel Jewell, American actress († 1972)
• 1908 » Daniel Fry, American contactee († 1992)
• 1909 » Balamani Amma, Indian poet and author († 2004)
• 1912 » Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate († 2016)