Family tree Botter » Jennigje Keuken (1873-1965)

Day of marriage October 20, 1899

• The temperature on October 20, 1899 was about 16.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

Day of death August 10, 1965

• The temperature on August 10, 1965 was between 7.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • March 19 » The wreck of the SSGeorgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
  • March 30 » Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
  • May 12 » The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
  • June 7 » The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
  • October 15 » Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law.
  • December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 1960 » Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and jurist (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1969 » János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (b. 1899)