Family tree Van Lijf (Maastricht e.o.) » Wilhelmina Jacoba Cornelia van Horen (1908-)

Birthday October 24, 1908

• The temperature on October 24, 1908 was between -2.5 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
  • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
  • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
  • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1907 » Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker († 1986)
• 1908 » John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist († 1993)
• 1909 » Bill Carr, American runner († 1966)
• 1910 » Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician († 1984)
• 1910 » Stella Brooks, American singer († 2002)