The average temperature on November 5, 1907 was 4.0 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
Day of marriage May 8, 1935
The temperature on May 8, 1935 was between 6.7 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
Day of death August 1, 1967
The temperature on August 1, 1967 was between 15.4 °C and 30.5 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 26 » Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
April 24 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily".
June 2 » Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
June 8 » Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
July 3 » The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny.
November 9 » The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: J. Jacobs, "Family tree Jacobs", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom_jacobs/I766.php : accessed January 14, 2026), "Cornelia Grada Evers (1907-1967)".
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.