Eijsermans family tree » Engelina Augustina Basstein (1908-)

Birthday June 27, 1908

• The temperature on June 27, 1908 was between 12.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
  • December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1906 » Catherine Cookson, English author and philanthropist († 1998)
• 1906 » Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter († 1967)
• 1907 » John McIntire, American actor († 1991)
• 1908 » João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author († 1967)
• 1911 » Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron. († 1997)