Genealogy Pot en Smit » JAN PIETER "Jan" BOELE (1885-1960)

Day of marriage September 7, 1911

• The temperature on September 7, 1911 was between 8.7 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Day of death July 19, 1960

• The temperature on July 19, 1960 was between 12.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
  • April 15 » At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
  • May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
  • July 8 » Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
  • August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
  • September 10 » At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Aung San, Burmese general and politician (b. 1915)
• 1947 » U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (b. 1898)
• 1963 » William Andrew, English priest (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (b. 1875)
• 1967 » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (b. 1890)