Kramer Family Tree » Emma Ursula Burbidge (1879-1977)

Christening day April 1, 1880

• The temperature on April 1, 1880 was about 9.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
  • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
  • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
  • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
  • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

Day of death June 10, 1977

• The temperature on June 10, 1977 was between 9.2 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0m) of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
  • June 13 » Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
  • July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
  • August 18 » Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
  • August 20 » Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
  • December 1 » Pinwheel is launched, which is now Nickelodeon.

Day of burial June 14, 1977

• The temperature on June 14, 1977 was between 14.7 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
  • March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
  • April 28 » The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
  • July 21 » The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
  • July 26 » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
  • August 20 » Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Michael Rennie, English actor (b. 1909)
• 1973 » William Inge, American playwright and novelist (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1900)
• 1976 » Adolph Zukor, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1873)
• 1982 » Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)
• 1984 » Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, Turkish author and poet (b. 1901)