Family tree Van Blitterswijk » Antonetta van Blitterswijk (1910-)

Birthday December 10, 1910

• The temperature on December 10, 1910 was between 5.0 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
  • October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist († 1992)
• 1909 » Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer († 1990)
• 1910 » Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » Dan Blocker, American television actor, played Eric "Hoss" Cartwright on Bonanza († 1972)
• 1911 » Chet Huntley, American journalist († 1974)
• 1912 » Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan († 1976)