Family tree Weening » Egbert Gorter (1882-1950)

Day of marriage April 30, 1907

• The temperature on April 30, 1907 was between 2.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Day of death December 5, 1950

• The temperature on December 5, 1950 was between -6.8 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
  • June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
  • July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
  • November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
  • November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
  • November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)