Kramer Family Tree » Derk Hummel (1863-1940)

Day of marriage May 14, 1896

• The temperature on May 14, 1896 was about 13.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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).
  • June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
  • November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
  • November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
  • December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
  • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

Day of death January 11, 1940

• The temperature on January 11, 1940 was between -11.5 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -9.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
  • April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
  • May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
  • May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
  • November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
  • November 10 » The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1928 » Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
• 1931 » James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)
• 1947 » Eva Tanguay, Canadian singer (b. 1879)