Family tree Schepers uit Stein (Lb) » Hermanus Schepers (1899-1964)

Christening day March 19, 1899

• The temperature on March 19, 1899 was about -0.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

Day of marriage May 6, 1927

• The temperature on May 6, 1927 was between 11.0 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%). 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
  • May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
  • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
  • June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
  • June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
  • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.

Day of death February 23, 1964

• The temperature on February 23, 1964 was between 1.1 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
  • April 21 » A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
  • June 5 » DSV Alvin is commissioned.
  • July 20 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
  • August 1 » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • September 13 » Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)
• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)