Parenteel van Evert Meilink » Wouter Meiling (1891-1947)

Day of marriage June 1, 1917

• The temperature on June 1, 1917 was between 7.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
  • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
  • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
  • November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death October 29, 1947

• The temperature on October 29, 1947 was between -0.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
  • March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
  • May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
  • October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

Day of burial November 3, 1947

• The temperature on November 3, 1947 was between 7.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
  • October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
  • November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
  • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
• 1949 » George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
• 1953 » William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)