Genealogy Scheffer » Catharina Elisabeth de Roij (1887-1969)

Day of marriage May 19, 1914

• The temperature on May 19, 1914 was between 8.4 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Day of death July 17, 1969

• The temperature on July 17, 1969 was between 10.9 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
  • July 25 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
  • August 7 » Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
  • September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
  • December 6 » Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1967 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)