Family tree Bremer » James Ernest Hope (1891-1962)

Day of marriage June 11, 1938

• The temperature on June 11, 1938 was between 6.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
  • July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
  • August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
  • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Day of death December 17, 1962

• The temperature on December 17, 1962 was between 1.2 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
  • March 19 » The Algerian War of Independence ends.
  • June 1 » Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
  • July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
  • October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
  • November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

Day of burial December 20, 1962

• The temperature on December 20, 1962 was between -2.6 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
  • September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  • October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
  • November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
  • November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
  • December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1957 » Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1962 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)