Family tree Klavers » Willem Bakker (1887-1957)

Day of marriage September 10, 1915

• The temperature on September 10, 1915 was between 5.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
  • July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.

Day of death April 7, 1957

• The temperature on April 7, 1957 was between 4.9 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
  • March 9 » The 8.6 M_w  Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
  • June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
  • July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
  • October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
  • December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1956 » Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)