Gall/Genseal Family Tree » Daniel Fairchild Gensel (1861-1959)

Day of marriage December 31, 1884

• The temperature on December 31, 1884 was about -1.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
  • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
  • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

Day of death March 13, 1959

• The temperature on March 13, 1959 was between -1.2 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
  • February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
  • April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
  • October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
  • November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
  • November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1882)
• 1965 » Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1972 » Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)