Family tree Klavers » Gerrit Hindrik (Struik) Karst (1870-1948)

Day of marriage April 17, 1906

• The temperature on April 17, 1906 was between -0.4 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
  • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Day of death January 6, 1948

• The temperature on January 6, 1948 was between 1.7 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • March 25 » The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
  • May 3 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
  • June 20 » The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
  • July 5 » National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
  • August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
  • December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)
• 1949 » Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)