Genealogy Van Tunen » Arnold Knelissen (1883-1937)

Christening day September 3, 1883

• The temperature on September 3, 1883 was about 14.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
  • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
  • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
  • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.

Day of marriage June 19, 1908

• The temperature on June 19, 1908 was between 11.8 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
  • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
  • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
  • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.

Day of death July 7, 1937

• The temperature on July 7, 1937 was between 14.3 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
  • February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
  • March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
  • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
  • August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
• 1939 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)