Family tree De Kunder » Maatje Maria de Kunder (1893-1953)

Day of marriage August 26, 1915

• The temperature on August 26, 1915 was between 8.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  • February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
  • March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
  • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Day of death September 17, 1953

• The temperature on September 17, 1953 was between 11.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
  • April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
  • June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
  • July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
  • September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
  • December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)