The temperature on November 13, 1884 was about 5.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
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.
February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
Day of marriage June 7, 1918
The temperature on June 7, 1918 was between 5.2 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
December 14 » Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
December 16 » Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.
Day of death October 17, 1958
The temperature on October 17, 1958 was between 6.0 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
July 29 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
Day of burial October 21, 1958
The temperature on October 21, 1958 was between 10.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
August 29 » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
November 12 » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
November 28 » First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Stan Rijken, "Genealogisch Web Rijken", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogisch-web-rijken/I14072.php : accessed June 14, 2024), "Clasina "Sien" den Otter (1884-1958)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.