Pedigree Plomp » Clasina Jannettha den Daas (1887-1962)

Day of marriage September 17, 1908

• The temperature on September 17, 1908 was between 8.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 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 Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
  • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.

Day of death October 2, 1962

• The temperature on October 2, 1962 was between 14.2 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 23.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • February 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
  • March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
  • May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
  • June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
  • October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
  • October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)