Genealogy van der Voorden » Pietje van der Voorden (1869-1951)

Day of marriage October 4, 1899

• The temperature on October 4, 1899 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
  • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.

Day of death January 10, 1951

• The temperature on January 10, 1951 was between -1.1 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
  • March 15 » Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
  • May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
  • May 21 » The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
  • June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
  • July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.

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• 1949 » Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)
• 1956 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)