The Brown Tree » Ada Annie Batty (1909-1909)

Birthday December 22, 1909

• The temperature on December 22, 1909 was between -1.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
  • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Peggy Ashcroft, English actress († 1991)
• 1908 » Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic († 1991)
• 1909 » Patricia Hayes, English actress († 1998)
• 1911 » Danny O'Dea, English actor († 2003)
• 1912 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander († 1943)
• 1912 » Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States († 2007)