Genealogy Van Eck op Goeree Overflakkee » Paulus van ASPEREN (1869-1951)

Day of marriage April 11, 1901

• The temperature on April 11, 1901 was between 5.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
  • January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.

Day of death March 20, 1951

• The temperature on March 20, 1951 was between -0.1 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • January 13 » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
  • January 27 » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
  • February 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
  • April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
  • April 11 » The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
  • July 26 » Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)