Type Genlias Archiefnaam: Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Deel/Akte: A 2 Inventarisnr.: 3023 Bron Burgerlijke stand - Overlijden Archieflocatie Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum Algemeen Toegangnr: 30-35 Inventarisnr: 3023 Gemeente: Stavoren Soort akte: Overlijdensakte Aktenummer: A 2 Aangiftedatum: 26-01-1909 Overledene Sybren Fortuin Geslacht: M Overlijdensdatum: 25-01-1909 Vader Jacob Fortuin Moeder Aaltje Pieters Rinsma Partner Nadere informatie Leeftijd: 6 dagen
Type Genlias Archiefnaam: Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Deel/Akte: A 46 Bron Burgerlijke stand - Overlijden Archieflocatie Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum Algemeen Gemeente: Leeuwarden Soort akte: Overlijdensakte Aktenummer: A 46 Aangiftedatum: 27-01-1909 Overledene Sybren Fortuin Geslacht: M Overlijdensdatum: 25-01-1909 Vader Jacob Fortuin Moeder Aaltje Pieters Rinsma Partner Nadere informatie Overleden te Stavoren; wonende te Leeuwarden Leeftijd: 6 dagen
The temperature on January 19, 1909 was between -1.5 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of death January 25, 1909
The temperature on January 25, 1909 was between -9.5 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
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