Family tree Jacobs » Harmina Scholte (1865-1950)

Day of marriage March 7, 1885

• The temperature on March 7, 1885 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
  • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

Day of death March 8, 1950

• The temperature on March 8, 1950 was between -0.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
  • June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
  • June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
  • October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
  • October 19 » Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
  • November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)