Family tree Wernke » Jacob de Ridder (1886-1949)

Day of marriage June 12, 1909

• The temperature on June 12, 1909 was between 3.7 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  • April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
  • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

Day of death June 5, 1949

• The temperature on June 5, 1949 was between 10.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
  • February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
  • May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
  • July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
  • August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1930 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)
• 1934 » Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1934 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Harry Brown, Australian public servant (b. 1878)