Family tree Jacobs » Johannes Bernardus Reinders (1868-1943)

Day of marriage June 12, 1895

• The temperature on June 12, 1895 was about 11.9 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
  • February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
  • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
  • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.

Day of death December 7, 1943

• The temperature on December 7, 1943 was between -6.7 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 27 » World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
  • February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
  • February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
  • February 19 » World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
  • May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
  • July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)