Justin and MaGee - Colonial Americans » Olive Louise Justin (1894-1961)

Day of marriage January 8, 1914

• The temperature on January 8, 1914 was between 2.0 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Day of death December 20, 1961

• The temperature on December 20, 1961 was between -0.9 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
  • May 4 » Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67km).
  • May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
  • July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
  • October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
  • December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 1959 » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1968 » John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)