The temperature on August 8, 1889 was about 20.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of marriage May 7, 1913
The temperature on May 7, 1913 was between 2.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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 Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
Day of death August 7, 1952
The temperature on August 7, 1952 was between 15.3 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Gerard Spapens, "Family tree Spapens-Luijpen en Michielsen-van Loosdrecht", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-spapens-luijpen-en-michielsen-van-loosdrecht/I10213.php : accessed May 15, 2024), "Joannes Martinus Trompen (1889-1952)".
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