Genealogy of the Brusse Family from Amsterdam » Henriette Theodora Wilhelmina (Dorine) van Holst Pellekaan (1878-1961)

Day of marriage May 4, 1898

• The temperature on May 4, 1898 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
  • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.

Day of death July 27, 1961

• The temperature on July 27, 1961 was between 12.1 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
  • February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
  • February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
  • March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
  • April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
  • October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1960 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 » James H. Kindelberger, American pilot and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Richard Aldington, English poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (b. 1889)