Genealogy van Brakel- Blanken- van Rootselaar- Luigjes » Catharina Maria Willemsen (1908-)

Birthday September 27, 1908

• The temperature on September 27, 1908 was between 5.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (43%). 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 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.
  • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
  • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1906 » William Empson, English poet and critic († 1984)
• 1907 » Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
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