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 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
  • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.

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)