Downs Tree » Catherine Arcadia Rushing (1890-1950)

Day of marriage January 2, 1907

• The temperature on January 2, 1907 was between 2.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.

Day of death November 12, 1950

• The temperature on November 12, 1950 was between 2.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
  • July 5 » Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
  • August 18 » Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
  • November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
  • November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
  • November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (b. 1865)
• 1950 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (b. 1878)