Kramer Family Tree » Torstein Egerman Habartsen (Torstein Egerman Habartsen) Simonsen (1906-1985)

Christening day September 2, 1906

• The temperature on September 2, 1906 was between 14.4 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
  • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Day of death December 7, 1985

• The temperature on December 7, 1985 was between 5.7 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
  • June 17 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
  • July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
  • November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
  • November 23 » Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
  • December 14 » Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » LeeRoy Yarbrough, American race car driver (b. 1938)
• 1985 » J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1985 » Potter Stewart, American soldier and jurist (b. 1915)
• 1985 » Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (b. 1895)
• 1989 » Hans Hartung, French-German painter (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (b. 1934)