Family tree Weening » Hendrik Jan Meijer (1904-)

Birthday March 6, 1904

• The temperature on March 6, 1904 was between 0.2 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
  • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
  • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress († 2001)
• 1900 » Lefty Grove, American baseball player († 1975)
• 1903 » Empress Kōjun of Japan († 2000)
• 1904 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country († 1960)
• 1905 » Bob Wills, American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader († 1975)
• 1906 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian († 1959)