Eijsermans family tree » Gerrit Hielkes Bijker (1909-1967)

Birthday March 10, 1909

• The temperature on March 10, 1909 was between -0.7 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1903 » Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright, journalist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy († 1987)
• 1903 » Edward Bawden, British artist and illustrator († 1989)
• 1915 » Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer († 1978)
• 1915 » Joža Horvat, Croatian writer († 2012)