AlleFriezen te Leeuwarden, BS Geboorte Burgerlijke Stand Bolsward - Tresoar, Bron: boek, Deel: 1027, Periode: 1892, Bolsward, archief 30-07, inventarisnummer 1027, 12 april 1892, Geboorteregister 1892, aktenummer 44
Haags Gemeentearchief, BS Overlijden Burgerlijke Stand gemeente Leidschendam, Leidschendam, archief 5113-01, inventarisnummer 7, 27-12-1962, Overlijdensakten Leidschendam, aktenummer 1962-86
Noord-Hollands Archief te Haarlem, BS Huwelijk burgerlijke stand van de gemeente Den Helder, Archiefdeel van (dubbele) registers van de, Den Helder, archief 358.33, inventarisnummer 21917, 12-12-1917, Huwelijksakten van de gemeente Den Helder, 1917, aktenummer 218
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
Day of marriage December 12, 1917
The temperature on December 12, 1917 was between -1.7 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
Day of death December 23, 1962
The temperature on December 23, 1962 was between -11.5 °C and -4.5 °C and averaged -7.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
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