Family tree Dijkstra » George William Scipio (1884-1934)

Christening day June 21, 1884

• The temperature on June 21, 1884 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
  • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of marriage November 13, 1918

• The temperature on November 13, 1918 was between 0.7 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
  • February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
  • May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
  • June 1 » World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
  • September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
  • October 11 » The 7.1 M_w San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.

Day of death July 1, 1934

• The temperature on July 1, 1934 was between 10.6 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
  • May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
  • July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
  • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
  • October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
  • November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
• 1942 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Carl Mayer, Austrian-English screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)