Family tree Fokker » Johannes Jacob Kleinendorst (1908-)

Birthday January 22, 1908

• The temperature on January 22, 1908 was between -4.8 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
  • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
  • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Dixie Dean, English footballer († 1980)
• 1907 » Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and engineer († 1995)
• 1908 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1908 » Prince Oana, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1909 » Martha Norelius, Swedish-born American swimmer († 1955)
• 1909 » Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican racing driver, polo player, and diplomat († 1965)