Family tree Klavers » Jan Harm Assen (1882-1961)

Day of marriage February 1, 1907

• The temperature on February 1, 1907 was between -5.9 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • 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 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Day of death October 26, 1961

• The temperature on October 26, 1961 was between 9.7 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
  • January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
  • February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
  • February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
  • April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
  • November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (b. 1886)
• 1962 » Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879)