Genealogy Lemckert » Hermina van de Voort (1868-1933)

Day of marriage May 29, 1891

• The temperature on May 29, 1891 was about 14.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
  • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
  • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
  • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
  • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
  • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of death October 1, 1933

• The temperature on October 1, 1933 was between 13.5 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • March 12 » Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
  • May 18 » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  • June 16 » The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
  • August 7 » The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.
  • September 21 » Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
  • October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)