Dambomen, negen verschillende stambomen DAM » Henri Arnold Johannes de Bijll Nachenius (1875-1952)

Day of marriage August 11, 1904

• The temperature on August 11, 1904 was between 6.2 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
  • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  • February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
  • April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
  • May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
  • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

Day of death October 30, 1952

• The temperature on October 30, 1952 was between 6.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
  • April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
  • June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
  • September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
  • December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.
  • December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1874)
• 1963 » U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
• 1965 » Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (b. 1888)