Andorfer Family Tree » Josephine Rachel CRAM (1892-1960)

Day of marriage August 9, 1914

• The temperature on August 9, 1914 was between 15.0 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
  • August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
  • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.

Day of death April 3, 1960

• The temperature on April 3, 1960 was between 9.0 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
  • June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
  • July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
  • August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
  • August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
  • October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
• 1962 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)