Genealogy Van Raam » Sientje Grootkerk (1886-1942)

Day of marriage May 25, 1932

• The temperature on May 25, 1932 was between 4.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
  • June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
  • July 29 » Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
  • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
  • November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
  • December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.

Day of death August 26, 1942

• The temperature on August 26, 1942 was between 13.8 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
  • July 1 » World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
  • July 19 » World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
  • November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
  • November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).
  • November 27 » World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)