Pedigree Plomp » Jan Kloosterboer (1880-1959)

Day of marriage May 6, 1905

• The temperature on May 6, 1905 was between 9.0 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
  • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
  • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
  • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.

Day of death December 25, 1959

• The temperature on December 25, 1959 was between 3.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
  • January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
  • March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
  • June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
  • October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.

Day of burial December 28, 1959

• The temperature on December 28, 1959 was between 4.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
  • June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
  • June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
  • June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
  • July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
  • September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865)
• 1956 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (b. 1863)
• 1961 » Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896)