Peters Family Tree » Wilhelm Christian "Bill" Peters (1888-1965)

Personal data Wilhelm Christian "Bill" Peters 

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Household of Wilhelm Christian "Bill" Peters

He is married to Emma Anna Rosa Dorothea Krohn.

They got married on August 22, 1912 at Wausa, Knox County, Nebraska, USA, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Opal Marie Peters  1918-1983
  5. Albur George Peters  1927-2015
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    Historical events

    Birthday March 23, 1888

    • The temperature on March 23, 1888 was about 1.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
      • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
      • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
      • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
      • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
      • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

    Day of marriage August 22, 1912

    • The temperature on August 22, 1912 was between 11.1 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 33.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
      • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
      • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
      • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
      • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
      • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

    Day of death June 20, 1965

    • The temperature on June 20, 1965 was between 8.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (62%). 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
      • April 7 » Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate against the termination of the Colville tribe in Washington DC.
      • May 27 » Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
      • June 7 » The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
      • August 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
      • November 16 » Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
      • December 22 » In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
    

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    • 1887 » Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet († 1945)
    • 1887 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1927)
    • 1887 » Rudolf Kinau, German author († 1975)
    • 1887 » Sidney Hillman, Lithuanian-born American labor leader († 1946)

    Source: Wikipedia


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