Family tree Jan Werkman » Henderika Anje Valom (1909-)

Birthday February 14, 1909

• The temperature on February 14, 1909 was between -0.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
  • September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
  • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Thelma Ritter, American actress and singer († 1969)
• 1907 » Johnny Longden, English-American jockey and trainer († 2003)
• 1911 » Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch physician and inventor († 2009)
• 1912 » Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author († 1988)
• 1913 » Mel Allen, American sportscaster († 1996)
• 1913 » Woody Hayes, American football player and coach († 1987)