Family tree familie Lelieveldt/Lelivelt » Bernardus Gerardus Braam (1911-1997)

Birthday February 12, 1911

• The temperature on February 12, 1911 was between 1.5 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
  • January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Jacques Herbrand, French mathematician and philosopher († 1931)
• 1908 » Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist († 1982)
• 1909 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician († 1945)
• 1909 » Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator († 2005)
• 1911 » Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater († 1994)
• 1912 » R. F. Delderfield, English author and playwright († 1972)