Family tree Koster / Coster » Gerrit Van Hilten (1875-1954)

Day of marriage November 20, 1901

• The temperature on November 20, 1901 was between 8.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. 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 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 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
  • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

Day of death February 16, 1954

• The temperature on February 16, 1954 was between -1.4 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
  • May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
  • October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
  • October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
  • October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
  • November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
• 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)