Mitchell/Stewart Tree » Hubert Louie Herding (1883-1964)

Day of marriage June 11, 1907

• The temperature on June 11, 1907 was between 10.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  • December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.

Day of death July 19, 1964

• The temperature on July 19, 1964 was between 16.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • June 2 » The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
  • July 27 » Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
  • August 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USSTiconderoga and USSConstellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
  • October 29 » A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
  • November 28 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
  • December 24 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » William Andrew, English priest (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (b. 1875)
• 1967 » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)