Berkemeijer Genealogie » Anna Maria Theodora Berkemeijer (1900-1961)

Day of marriage April 1, 1931

• The temperature on April 1, 1931 was between -4.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
  • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
  • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death September 13, 1961

• The temperature on September 13, 1961 was between 11.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
  • June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
  • July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
  • August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
  • September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
  • December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Leonard Lord, English businessman (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (b. 1903)
• 1967 » Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)