Family tree Bindt » Jannetje Bes (1888-1954)

Christening day March 10, 1903

• The temperature on March 10, 1903 was between -2.1 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
  • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

Day of marriage October 29, 1914

• The temperature on October 29, 1914 was between 5.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
  • November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Day of death March 4, 1954

• The temperature on March 4, 1954 was between 1.0 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
  • January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
  • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
  • April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
  • July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
• 1948 » Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1949 » Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1954 » Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Herbert O'Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)