Genealogy Van Dijken » Hendrik Jan van Dijk (1889-1940)

Day of marriage December 3, 1918

• The temperature on December 3, 1918 was between 5.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
  • September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
  • November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
  • November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
  • November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.

Day of death December 13, 1940

• The temperature on December 13, 1940 was between -3.3 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
  • May 26 » World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
  • July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
  • October 7 » World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
  • October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
  • December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1935 » Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect (b. 1868)
• 1942 » Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Austrian-Polish religious leader, 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Irma Grese, German concentration camp guard (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Josef Kramer, German concentration camp commandant (b. 1906)