Olson's Tree » Anna Reynolds (1859-1942)

Day of marriage October 12, 1882

• The temperature on October 12, 1882 was about 14.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
  • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
  • May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
  • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
  • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
  • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.

Day of death November 19, 1942

• The temperature on November 19, 1942 was between 6.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
  • March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
  • July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
  • August 26 » At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
  • October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
  • November 30 » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

Day of burial November 21, 1942

• The temperature on November 21, 1942 was between 0.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
  • February 9 » Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
  • May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
  • June 10 » World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
  • June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
  • September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1897)
• 1938 » Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (b. 1892)
• 1943 » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (b. 1895)
• 1949 » James Ensor, Belgian painter (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Aage Redal, Danish actor (b. 1891)