Family tree Schepers uit Stein (Lb) » Petronella Scheepers (1884-1943)

Christening day January 21, 1884

• The temperature on January 21, 1884 was about 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
  • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
  • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of death November 4, 1943

• The temperature on November 4, 1943 was between 2.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 14 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
  • March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
  • April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
  • July 10 » World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
  • August 17 » World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
  • August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Arthur Rostron, English captain (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (b. 1923)