Family tree Ro(o)vers » Wilhelmina Helena Maria Roovers (1880-1925)

Day of marriage November 23, 1910

• The temperature on November 23, 1910 was between -2.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
  • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
  • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

Day of death May 11, 1925

• The temperature on May 11, 1925 was between 2.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
  • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
  • September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
  • October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)