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Ancestors (and descendant) of John August Volk

Carl Heinrich "Fritz" Brandhorst
1802-1875
Anne Sophie Schweppe
1815-1900
Henry Volk
1849-1932

John August Volk
1889-1959


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    Historical events

    Birthday September 14, 1889

    • The temperature on September 14, 1889 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
      • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
      • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
      • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
      • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
      • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

    Day of death December 26, 1959

    • The temperature on December 26, 1959 was between 6.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
      • July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
      • August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
      • September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
      • September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
      • October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
      • December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
    

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