Family tree Ham » Maria Oosthoek (1872-1947)

Day of marriage October 25, 1900

• The temperature on October 25, 1900 was about 11.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
  • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

Day of death September 1, 1947

• The temperature on September 1, 1947 was between 8.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
  • January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
  • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
  • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
  • March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
  • May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.

Day of burial September 4, 1947

• The temperature on September 4, 1947 was between 9.7 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
  • January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
  • July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
  • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)