Family tree Waterschoot en De Lepper » Maria Julia "Maria" van Laere (1864-1958)

Day of marriage April 14, 1896

• The temperature on April 14, 1896 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
  • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
  • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
  • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
  • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
  • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.

Day of death September 19, 1958

• The temperature on September 19, 1958 was between 8.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
  • March 1 » Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
  • April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
  • July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
  • July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
  • December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

Day of burial September 22, 1958

• The temperature on September 22, 1958 was between 11.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
  • August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
  • September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
  • October 28 » John XXIII is elected Pope.
  • November 12 » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
  • December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)
• 1949 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 » Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)