Family tree Schepers-Bergmans » Catharina Elisabeth Leenaars (1879-1960)

Day of marriage February 5, 1906

• The temperature on February 5, 1906 was between -1.8 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. 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 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.
  • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Day of death August 23, 1960

• The temperature on August 23, 1960 was between 15.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
  • July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
  • September 22 » The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
  • October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
  • December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)