Family tree Diverse » Hendrik Jacob van Rhee (1889-1960)

Day of marriage February 21, 1913

• The temperature on February 21, 1913 was between -5.0 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
  • April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
  • September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
  • October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
  • November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Day of death February 8, 1960

• The temperature on February 8, 1960 was between -7.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
  • January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
  • March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
  • June 17 » The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4million for 7million acres (28,000km) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
  • August 16 » Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
  • December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)
• 1963 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)