Stambomen Quist » Maria Cornelia Quist (1882-1964)

Day of marriage August 9, 1915

• The temperature on August 9, 1915 was between 12.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
  • February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
  • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

Day of death November 10, 1964

• The temperature on November 10, 1964 was between -2.4 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • May 2 » First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
  • June 21 » Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
  • August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
  • September 4 » Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
  • September 21 » The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
  • October 27 » Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".

Day of burial November 13, 1964

• The temperature on November 13, 1964 was between 4.0 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
  • June 12 » Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
  • June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
  • September 4 » Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
  • October 22 » An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.
  • October 22 » Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1962 » Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and academic (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Ernest M. McSorley, Canadian-American captain (b. 1912)