Cox family tree » (Louis) Alfons Schepers (1883-1955)

Day of marriage April 18, 1909

• The temperature on April 18, 1909 was between 6.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  • July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
  • 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 May 25, 1955

• The temperature on May 25, 1955 was between 5.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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)
• 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 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
  • April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
  • April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
  • May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
  • September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
  • December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)
• 1951 » Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 1957 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)