Dreyer Tree » Anna Heiltjie Maria Jacoba Kok (1869-1947)

Day of marriage November 16, 1885

• The temperature on November 16, 1885 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
  • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Day of death February 11, 1947

• The temperature on February 11, 1947 was between -9.3 °C and -6.5 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
  • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
  • May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
  • June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
  • December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1949 » Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)