Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Wilhelmina Cornelia van Wijk (1884-1954)
Personal data Wilhelmina Cornelia van Wijk
- She was born on July 4, 1884 in Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL).
- Birth registration on July 5, 1884.Source 1
- She died on April 20, 1954 in Zoelen (GL), she was 69 years old.
- Death registration on April 21, 1954.Source 2
- She is buried in Zoelen (GL).Source 3
- A child of Gerrit Jan van Wijk and Anna Cornelia van Westrenen
- This information was last updated on July 3, 2023.
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Birthday July 4, 1884
- The temperature on July 4, 1884 was about 25.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
- March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
- June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
- August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
- October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
Day of death April 20, 1954
- The temperature on April 20, 1954 was between 1.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
- February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
- June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
- July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
- July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
- August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
- October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
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