Van Lerberghe genealogy » Anne Marie Fernande Josèphe Ghislaine HOCKE (1910-1993)

Birthday March 21, 1910

• The temperature on March 21, 1910 was between -3 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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).
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
  • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Zoltán Kemény, Hungarian sculptor († 1965)
• 1909 » Harry Lane, English footballer († 1977)
• 1910 » Julio Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery († 1993)
• 1910 » Muhammad Siddiq Khan, Bangladeshi librarian and educator († 1978)
• 1911 » Walter Lincoln Hawkins, African-American scientist and inventor († 1992)
• 1912 » André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician († 1968)