Family tree Lobé en verwanten. » Hendrik Jacobus Nicolaas van Gogh (1884-1958)

Day of marriage August 15, 1907

• The temperature on August 15, 1907 was between 12.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.

Day of death November 4, 1958

• The temperature on November 4, 1958 was between 6.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
  • March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
  • April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
  • August 17 » Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
  • November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
  • December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (b. 1923)
• 1955 » Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (b. 1867)
• 1955 » Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1896)