Family tree Schmidt » Willem Jacob van Santwijk (1861-1958)

Day of marriage December 31, 1884

• The temperature on December 31, 1884 was about -1.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
  • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
  • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
  • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.

Day of death March 8, 1958

• The temperature on March 8, 1958 was between -2.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
  • March 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
  • May 9 » Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
  • July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
  • October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
  • December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)