Family tree Crapts » Pierre Walstock (1882-1949)

Day of marriage October 12, 1904

• The temperature on October 12, 1904 was between 1.5 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
  • February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
  • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
  • February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
  • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
  • July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.

Day of death April 24, 1949

• The temperature on April 24, 1949 was between 2.0 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
  • September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
  • November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
  • November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
  • November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
• 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 1947 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (b. 1910)