Familie Doevendans » Anna HAKVOORT (1886-1925)

Day of marriage May 25, 1911

• The temperature on May 25, 1911 was between 11.8 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
  • September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

Day of death November 28, 1925

• The temperature on November 28, 1925 was between -0.8 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
  • February 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
  • March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
  • May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
  • September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
  • November 5 » Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

Day of burial December 2, 1925

• The temperature on December 2, 1925 was between -10.1 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
  • May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
  • May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
  • June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
  • September 17 » Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art.
  • October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844)
• 1921 » `Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1939 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (b. 1861)