Eijsermans family tree » Cecilia Johanna Adriana Smulders (1904-)

Birthday December 18, 1904

• The temperature on December 18, 1904 was between 2.8 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
  • February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
  • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
  • December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian philosopher and author († 1990)
• 1904 » George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1975)
• 1907 » Bill Holland, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1907 » Lawrence Lucie, American guitarist and educator († 2009)
• 1908 » Celia Johnson, English actress († 1982)
• 1908 » Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer († 1969)