Pop Oswald Tree » Frederick Ludwig Herman BEHRMAN (1886-1968)

Christening day April 8, 1900

• The temperature on April 8, 1900 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
  • December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

Day of death September 11, 1968

• The temperature on September 11, 1968 was between 13.6 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • March 7 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
  • March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
  • July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
  • August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
  • November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
  • November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of burial September 13, 1968

• The temperature on September 13, 1968 was between 9.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
  • February 8 » American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
  • March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
  • April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
  • August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
  • October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (b. 1904)
• 1968 » René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (b. 1894)