Familie uit het Westland » Cornelis Franciscus Wilhelmus "Cor" Engelhardt (1931-2019)

Birthday January 18, 1931

• The temperature on January 18, 1931 was between -0.2 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
  • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
  • September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
  • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
  • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

Source: Wikipedia

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