The Brown Tree » Ella Fanny Wills (1888-1955)

Christening day September 12, 1888

• The temperature on September 12, 1888 was about 11.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
  • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
  • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
  • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
  • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Day of marriage August 1, 1921

• The temperature on August 1, 1921 was between 12.3 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
  • February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
  • March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
  • June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
  • September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
  • October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.

Day of death October 23, 1955

• The temperature on October 23, 1955 was between 6.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
  • May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
  • June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
  • September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
  • September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
  • December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.

Source: Wikipedia

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