Genealogy Borst / Hofkamp » Johannes Elias "Eli" van Buuren (1878-1958)

Day of marriage September 27, 1917

• The temperature on September 27, 1917 was between 8.1 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
  • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.

Day of death March 30, 1958

• The temperature on March 30, 1958 was between 4.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • February 5 » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
  • April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
  • August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
  • September 2 » United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
  • October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
  • December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Harl McDonald, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English author and poet (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Daniil Andreyev, Russian mystic and poet (b. 1906)
• 1959 » John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (b. 1894)
• 1959 » Riccardo Zanella, Italian politician (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Joseph Haas, German composer and educator (b. 1879)