Genealogy familie Bos » Jentje Van Den Hof (1891-1961)

Day of marriage March 8, 1912

• The temperature on March 8, 1912 was between 0.6 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Republic of China is established.
  • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
  • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
  • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.

Day of death May 10, 1961

• The temperature on May 10, 1961 was between 7.6 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
  • January 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
  • February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
  • April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
  • September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)