Family tree Ham » Albertus Vermeulen (1885-1951)

Day of marriage November 1, 1907

• The temperature on November 1, 1907 was between 6.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
  • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.

Day of death December 19, 1951

• The temperature on December 19, 1951 was between 2.4 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. The partly or heavily 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
  • March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
  • April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
  • May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
  • July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
  • July 16 » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Abbas II of Egypt (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (b. 1856)
• 1946 » Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (b. 1872)
• 1953 » Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1968 » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (b. 1884)