The temperature on August 14, 1912 was between 7.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
Day of marriage May 24, 1935
The temperature on May 24, 1935 was between 10.7 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
Day of death March 29, 1964
The temperature on March 29, 1964 was between 1.9 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
March 1 » Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
October 27 » Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
December 1 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
Day of burial April 2, 1964
The temperature on April 2, 1964 was between 1.9 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
May 2 » First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
June 2 » The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
August 12 » South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
September 21 » The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
December 14 » American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Jan Werkman, "Family tree Jan Werkman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-jan-werkman/I88829.php : accessed May 30, 2024), "Martje Kluin (1912-1964)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.