Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Catharina Kuit (1873-1954)

Day of marriage May 13, 1892

• The temperature on May 13, 1892 was about 15.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 38%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
  • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
  • November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
  • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Day of death July 12, 1954

• The temperature on July 12, 1954 was between 13.3 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
  • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
  • June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
  • September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
  • December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
  • December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1949 » Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)
• 1956 » John Hayes, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1868)
• 1961 » Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1879)