Family tree Kesting (div) » Cornelis Johannes Kesting (1876-1960)

Day of marriage May 7, 1914

• The temperature on May 7, 1914 was between 7.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
  • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.

Day of death November 22, 1960

• The temperature on November 22, 1960 was between 7.8 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast 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)
• 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
  • April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
  • July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
  • August 9 » South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
  • October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
  • December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.

Day of burial November 29, 1960

• The temperature on November 29, 1960 was between 3.8 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
  • April 8 » The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
  • May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
  • July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
  • September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
  • December 13 » While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (b. 1894)
• 1963 » C. S. Lewis, British writer, critic and Christian apologist (b. 1898)
• 1963 » J. D. Tippit, American police officer (Dallas Police Department) (b. 1924)
• 1963 » John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
• 1963 » Wilhelm Beiglböck, Austrian-German physician (b. 1905)