Genealogy Hulst - de Rijk, Pol - Straatman en Overige Hulst lijnen in Nederland » Maria Elisabeth Margaretha ten Oever (1874-1958)

Day of marriage November 8, 1905

• The temperature on November 8, 1905 was between 3.6 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
  • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
  • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.

Day of death November 8, 1958

• The temperature on November 8, 1958 was between 7.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The West Indies Federation is formed.
  • February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
  • April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
  • October 7 » The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
  • October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
  • December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)
• 1965 » Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (b. 1913)