Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Jan Pieter den Bakker (1908-)

Birthday November 2, 1908

• The temperature on November 2, 1908 was between -0.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 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.
  • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
  • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
  • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1906 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1908 » Bunny Berigan, American trumpet player († 1942)
• 1908 » Fred Bakewell, English cricketer († 1983)
• 1910 » Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian lawyer and politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior († 1999)