Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » George Bloemers (1876-1943)

Day of marriage April 13, 1904

• The temperature on April 13, 1904 was between 7.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
  • February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
  • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
  • May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
  • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

Day of death January 25, 1943

• The temperature on January 25, 1943 was between -1.2 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 22 » World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
  • June 19 » The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
  • August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
  • September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
  • September 7 » A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
  • December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (b. 1899)
• 1949 » Makino Nobuaki, Japanese politician, 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1861)
• 1957 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
• 1958 » Cemil Topuzlu, Turkish surgeon and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1866)