Genealogy Gomes » Petronella van der Sterre (1900-1962)

Day of marriage May 6, 1920

• The temperature on May 6, 1920 was between 7.9 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
  • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
  • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
  • October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.
  • November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

Day of death January 27, 1962

• The temperature on January 27, 1962 was between 1.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
  • September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
  • October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
  • November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
  • December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
  • December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Day of burial February 1, 1962

• The temperature on February 1, 1962 was between -2.4 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
  • August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
  • September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  • October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
  • November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.
  • December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
• 1963 » John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Abraham Walkowitz, American painter (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (b. 1888)
• 1967 » crew of Apollo 1