Kolks Family Tree » Mary Aleida Pottebaum (1887-1951)

Day of marriage April 9, 1907

• The temperature on April 9, 1907 was between 4.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Day of death December 9, 1951

• The temperature on December 9, 1951 was between 5.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
  • April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
  • May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
  • May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
  • September 28 » CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
  • October 3 » Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Ali İhsan Sâbis, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903)