Stambomen Straathof & Verdegaal » Johanna van Blokland (1905-)

Birthday June 4, 1905

• The temperature on June 4, 1905 was between 15.3 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
  • November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor († 1988)
• 1904 » Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1907 » Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician († 1944)
• 1907 » Patience Strong, English poet and journalist († 1990)
• 1907 » Rosalind Russell, American actress († 1976)
• 1910 » Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft († 1999)