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Ancestors (and descendant) of Johan Zacharias Wessels

Johannes Wynand Louw HOFMEYR
1847-1926
Susarah Catharina Johanna Beukes
1854-1898

Johan Zacharias Wessels
1908-1961


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    Birthday October 21, 1908

    • The temperature on October 21, 1908 was between -4.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
      • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
      • January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
      • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
      • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
      • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
      • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

    Day of death September 9, 1961

    • The temperature on September 9, 1961 was between 9.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
      • April 17 » Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
      • May 24 » American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
      • August 21 » Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit (in America), "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
      • September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
      • October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
      • December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
    

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    • 1907 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet († 1985)
    • 1908 » Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic († 1988)
    • 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
    • 1912 » Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
    • 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)
    • 1912 » Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director († 1997)

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