Hjort family tree » Anders Christian Andersen (1886-1976)

Christening day April 11, 1886

• The temperature on April 11, 1886 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
  • January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
  • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
  • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

Day of marriage March 4, 1914

• The temperature on March 4, 1914 was between 5.5 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
  • November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

Day of death June 21, 1976

• The temperature on June 21, 1976 was between 11.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
  • January 5 » The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
  • April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
  • July 2 » End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  • October 22 » Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
  • November 23 » Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Piers Courage, English race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1970 » Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Margaret Herrick, American librarian (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (b. 1923)
• 1981 » Don Figlozzi, American illustrator and animator (b. 1909)