Database Van Broekhoven » Jan Monsma (1880-1952)

Day of marriage May 26, 1920

• The temperature on May 26, 1920 was between 13.3 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
  • May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
  • July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
  • August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
  • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
  • December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

Day of death December 21, 1952

• The temperature on December 21, 1952 was between 4.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
  • February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
  • February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
  • April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
  • June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (b. 1878)
• 1952 » Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)