Family tree Wolf » Hendrika van Dijkhuizen (1878-1913)

Day of marriage January 24, 1906

• The temperature on January 24, 1906 was between -5.4 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
  • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Day of death February 21, 1913

• The temperature on February 21, 1913 was between -5.0 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
  • February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
  • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
  • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
  • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)