Genealogy Spierenburg » Jan Klok (1889-1944)

Day of marriage December 24, 1913

• The temperature on December 24, 1913 was between -0.3 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
  • March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
  • May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
  • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

Day of death June 1, 1944

• The temperature on June 1, 1944 was between 10.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
  • June 5 » World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
  • September 12 » World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
  • September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
  • October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
  • October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1941 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1943 » Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
• 1948 » Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)