The temperature on March 8, 1882 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
Day of marriage April 10, 1907
The temperature on April 10, 1907 was between 2.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
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.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
Day of death August 13, 1959
The temperature on August 13, 1959 was between 14.2 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Ben Wit, "Family tree Wit en andere families West-Friesland", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-wit/I3309.php : accessed March 12, 2026), "Klaas de Vet (1882-1959)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.