Family tree De Kunder » Willemina de Kunder (1886-1963)

Day of marriage May 14, 1908

• The temperature on May 14, 1908 was between 3.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
  • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
  • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
  • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

Day of death June 24, 1963

• The temperature on June 24, 1963 was between 8.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law.
  • February 8 » The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
  • February 27 » The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
  • July 12 » Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
  • August 21 » Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
  • August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.

Day of burial June 27, 1963

• The temperature on June 27, 1963 was between 9.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
  • February 8 » Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
  • April 24 » Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • April 30 » The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
  • June 11 » Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
  • June 11 » John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)