The temperature on January 15, 1939 was between 5.9 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 11.1 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Dick Fikkert, "Family tree Fikkert,deMink; Mol,Leeflang,Top,Groenendijk; terBraake,deBruijn,Voorthuis", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogie-mol-leeflang-top/I6000000063732864863.php : accessed June 22, 2024), "Samuel Kist (± 1888-1939)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.