Local Heritage Book Rütenbrock » Johannes Harmannes - Harmannus Schoemaker (1860-1952)

Day of marriage July 13, 1905

• The temperature on July 13, 1905 was between 13.8 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
  • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

Day of death December 10, 1952

• The temperature on December 10, 1952 was between -3.6 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• 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 Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
  • May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
  • June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
  • September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
  • November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
  • November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
• 1957 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)