Family tree Gerits-Meijers en Weijers-Collong en Meijs » Maria Elisabeth Switser (1862-1951)

Day of marriage April 14, 1887

• The temperature on April 14, 1887 was about 2.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
  • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
  • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
  • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
  • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

Day of death February 9, 1951

• The temperature on February 9, 1951 was between 3.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
  • February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
  • February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
  • February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
  • March 3 » Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • April 29 » Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.

Day of burial February 13, 1951

• The temperature on February 13, 1951 was between 2.0 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
  • January 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
  • February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
  • March 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
  • March 28 » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
  • December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
• 1960 » Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)