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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Jan Smit

Gradus Smit
1860-1953
Dina Koers
1857-1933

Gerrit Jan Smit
1884-1964


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    Historical events

    • The temperature on January 19, 1884 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
      • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
      • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
      • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
      • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
      • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
    • The temperature on December 10, 1964 was between 7.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
      • January 11 » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
      • April 1 » The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
      • August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
      • August 7 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
      • September 13 » Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne.
      • September 21 » The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
    

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    • 1963 » K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)
    • 1967 » Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
    • 1968 » George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
    • 1968 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
    • 1968 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)

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