Family tree Van 't Schip, Van Schip, Van het Schip » Joannes Jacobus Houps (1884-1964)

Day of marriage May 18, 1904

• The temperature on May 18, 1904 was between 8.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
  • February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
  • February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
  • May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
  • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

Day of death May 3, 1964

• The temperature on May 3, 1964 was between 9.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
  • August 27 » South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
  • September 21 » Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
  • October 14 » Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
  • November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
  • December 22 » The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) takes place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, United States.

Day of burial May 6, 1964

• The temperature on May 6, 1964 was between 5.9 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • March 31 » Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état.
  • June 2 » The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
  • June 12 » Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
  • September 21 » Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
  • October 22 » An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.
  • November 21 » The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)