Genealogische data Golse Genen » Marinus Bernardus Versteden (1869-1945)

Day of marriage June 26, 1895

• The temperature on June 26, 1895 was about 15.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
  • June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
  • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
  • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.

Day of death May 2, 1945

• The temperature on May 2, 1945 was between 3.4 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • March 22 » World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
  • April 15 » Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
  • April 20 » World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
  • May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
  • July 16 » World War II: The heavy cruiser USSIndianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
  • August 8 » The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)