Van Lerberghe genealogy » Léonie HANIN (1907-)

Birthday April 27, 1907

• The temperature on April 27, 1907 was between 1.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author († 1972)
• 1904 » Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician († 1973)
• 1905 » John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter († 1986)
• 1906 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright († 1966)
• 1910 » Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China († 1988)
• 1911 » Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist († 2009)