Andersen Family Tree » Murray Charles Godbe (1870-1930)

Day of marriage March 17, 1892

• The temperature on March 17, 1892 was about 2.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
  • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
  • March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
  • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
  • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
  • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.

Day of death September 1, 1930

• The temperature on September 1, 1930 was between 9.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • April 6 » At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
  • May 27 » The 1,046 feet (319m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
  • June 1 » The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
  • July 7 » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
  • August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
  • December 16 » Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.

Day of burial September 4, 1930

• The temperature on September 4, 1930 was between 6.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
  • April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
  • May 24 » Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
  • June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
  • August 16 » The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
  • December 7 » W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)