Sherren Family Tree » Clarence Pontefract (1894-1960)

Christening day April 1, 1894

• The temperature on April 1, 1894 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
  • January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
  • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
  • March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
  • April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
  • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.

Day of marriage November 7, 1914

• The temperature on November 7, 1914 was between 4.9 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
  • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
  • November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
  • December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
  • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

Day of death August 8, 1960

• The temperature on August 8, 1960 was between 11.7 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
  • April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
  • June 26 » Madagascar gains its independence from France.
  • July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
  • August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
  • November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907)