Family tree Jansen, Vos, Lindenholst en Hoevenberg » Maria LINDENHOLST (1881-1959)

Day of marriage May 1, 1903

• The temperature on May 1, 1903 was between 8.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). 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 year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
  • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
  • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
  • November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").

Day of death June 28, 1959

• The temperature on June 28, 1959 was between 13.6 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
  • January 30 » The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
  • February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
  • February 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
  • April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
  • April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Cy Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)
• 1965 » Red Nichols, American cornet player, bandleader, and composer (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Turkish historian and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1890)