Family tree Kaper » Willem Johannes Veen (1907-)

Birthday October 13, 1907

• The temperature on October 13, 1907 was between 7.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host († 1978)
• 1905 » Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1905 » Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1909 » Art Tatum, American jazz pianist († 1956)
• 1909 » Herblock, American author and illustrator († 2001)
• 1911 » Ashok Kumar, Indian film actor († 2001)