West-Europese adel » Jeanette Wernerdine Louise "Jeanette" de Girard de Mielet van Coehoorn (1887-1958)

Day of marriage September 10, 1908

• The temperature on September 10, 1908 was between 8.4 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
  • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
  • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.

Day of death December 12, 1958

• The temperature on December 12, 1958 was between 1.6 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
  • March 16 » The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
  • March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
  • April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
  • April 26 » Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
  • June 1 » Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1964 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)