Justin and MaGee - Colonial Americans » Dollie (Dolly) Ann Justin (1846-1939)

Day of marriage October 15, 1865

• The temperature on October 15, 1865 was about 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
  • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
  • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
  • December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks

Day of death December 6, 1939

• The temperature on December 6, 1939 was between -1.2 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
  • March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
  • June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
  • September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
  • September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
  • December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

Day of burial December 9, 1939

• The temperature on December 9, 1939 was between 3.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
  • April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
  • May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
  • September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
  • September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
  • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)