Family tree Klavers » Roelfien Hooiveld (1910-)

Birthday March 12, 1910

• The temperature on March 12, 1910 was between 4.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
  • March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
  • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
  • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
  • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore († 1995)
• 1908 » Rita Angus, New Zealand painter († 1970)
• 1909 » Petras Cvirka, Lithuanian author († 1947)
• 1910 » László Lékai, Archbishop of Esztergom and Cardinal († 1986)
• 1910 » Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime Minister of Japan († 1980)
• 1911 » Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 49th President of Mexico († 1979)