Buitekant & Scheffer Family Tree » Jacob Moses Buitenkant (1896-1945)

Day of marriage April 14, 1926

• The temperature on April 14, 1926 was between 1.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
  • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
  • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
  • August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

Day of death April 15, 1945

• The temperature on April 15, 1945 was between 9.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 20 » World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
  • January 28 » World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
  • April 26 » World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
  • August 30 » The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
  • September 11 » World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
  • September 16 » World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)