More like a forest than a tree! » Essie Marion MURFETT (1896-1990)

Christening day September 10, 1896

• The temperature on September 10, 1896 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
  • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
  • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
  • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
  • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

Day of marriage July 9, 1919

• The temperature on July 9, 1919 was between 11.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
  • February 11 » Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
  • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
  • May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
  • September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Day of death July 31, 1990

• The temperature on July 31, 1990 was between 15.6 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
  • May 4 » Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
  • July 16 » The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
  • August 28 » Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
  • September 2 » Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
  • November 12 » Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.

Day of cremation August 6, 1990

• The temperature on August 6, 1990 was between 9.8 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • March 31 » Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
  • April 9 » An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.
  • April 24 » Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
  • July 6 » The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.
  • July 27 » The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
  • November 12 » Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
• 1987 » Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)
• 1990 » Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Leonard Cheshire, English captain and pilot (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Baudouin, King of Belgium (b. 1930)