Family tree Weening » Antje van der Meer (1880-1948)

Day of marriage August 8, 1903

• The temperature on August 8, 1903 was between 6.1 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 15.1 hours of sunshine (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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
  • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
  • November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
  • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.

Day of death June 14, 1948

• The temperature on June 14, 1948 was between 14.6 °C and 30.2 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • February 21 » NASCAR is incorporated.
  • March 20 » With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
  • April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
  • April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
  • August 12 » Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
  • December 26 » The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1936 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, playwright, and novelist (b. 1874)
• 1936 » Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)
• 1946 » John Logie Baird, Scottish-English physicist and engineer (b. 1888)
• 1946 » Jorge Ubico, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (b. 1922)