Database Van Broekhoven » Laurentius Johannes van Ham (1899-1950)

Day of marriage September 19, 1923

• The temperature on September 19, 1923 was between 6.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
  • February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
  • March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
  • September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
  • September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
  • October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.

Day of death January 20, 1950

• The temperature on January 20, 1950 was between -7.2 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -4.5 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
  • June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
  • September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
  • November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
  • December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.
  • December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)