Gijsendopher family tree compiled by N.W.Willemse » Ment van Velzen (1912-)

Birthday October 7, 1912

• The temperature on October 7, 1912 was between -4.0 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
  • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist († 1986)
• 1911 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru († 2002)
• 1912 » Peter Walker, English race car driver († 1984)
• 1913 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer († 1949)
• 1913 » Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author († 1987)