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He is married to Catherine Brookman.

They got married on December 10, 1912, he was 25 years old.


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    Historical events

    Birthday September 1, 1887

    • The temperature on September 1, 1887 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
      • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
      • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
      • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
      • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
      • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    Day of marriage December 10, 1912

    • The temperature on December 10, 1912 was between 0.5 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
      • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
      • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
      • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
      • November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
      • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.

    Day of death September 9, 1957

    • The temperature on September 9, 1957 was between 12.4 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
      • March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
      • April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
      • May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
      • June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
      • June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
      • October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
    

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