Genealogy Van Raam » Mozes de Vries (1880-1943)

Day of marriage August 15, 1924

• The temperature on August 15, 1924 was between 10.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
  • February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
  • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
  • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
  • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
  • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.

Day of death August 27, 1943

• The temperature on August 27, 1943 was between 10.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (43%). 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 7 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
  • February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
  • May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
  • August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
  • August 28 » Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
  • September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)