Database Van Broekhoven » Anna Maria Ammerlaan (1882-1956)

Day of marriage April 28, 1921

• The temperature on April 28, 1921 was between 8.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
  • 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.
  • March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
  • March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
  • July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
  • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.

Day of death June 16, 1956

• The temperature on June 16, 1956 was between 1.8 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
  • April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
  • July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
  • September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
  • October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
  • October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
• 1955 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
• 1958 » Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)
• 1959 » George Reeves, American actor and director (b. 1914)