Barber Family Tree » William Dexter Steely (1884-1961)

Day of marriage November 4, 1909

• The temperature on November 4, 1909 was between 4.6 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
  • August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
  • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Day of death September 6, 1961

• The temperature on September 6, 1961 was between 11.3 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
  • January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
  • February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
  • April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
  • May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
  • May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
• 1959 » Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (b. 1927)
• 1962 » Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)