Dingeman Hendrikse Legacy » Katherine Hendricks (1890-1991)

Day of marriage June 19, 1913

• The temperature on June 19, 1913 was between 11.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
  • February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
  • March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
  • May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  • June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Day of death April 22, 1991

• The temperature on April 22, 1991 was between 2.6 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • April 9 » Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
  • June 3 » Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
  • August 22 » Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
  • August 27 » Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
  • October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
  • November 14 » Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1994 » Richard Nixon, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913)