Family tree Van de Ven » Hendrikus Johannes Kastelijns (1908-)

Birthday June 10, 1908

• The temperature on June 10, 1908 was between 10.0 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
  • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
  • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Dicky Wells, American jazz trombonist († 1985)
• 1907 » Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic († 1975)
• 1909 » Lang Hancock, Australian soldier and businessman († 1992)
• 1910 » Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1910 » Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1976)
• 1911 » Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichord player and musicologist († 1984)