Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmus Driessens (1912-)

Birthday November 9, 1912

• The temperature on November 9, 1912 was between 6.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
  • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
  • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
  • November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » André François, Romanian-French illustrator, painter, and sculptor († 2005)
• 1915 » Sargent Shriver, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France († 2011)
• 1916 » Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator († 2008)