genealogie vandersloot » Maria Helena Beniest (1893-1947)

Day of marriage June 27, 1912

• The temperature on June 27, 1912 was between 10.6 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
  • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Day of death June 10, 1947

• The temperature on June 10, 1947 was between 6.9 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
  • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
  • June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
  • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
  • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

Day of burial June 13, 1947

• The temperature on June 13, 1947 was between 4.4 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
  • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
  • July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
  • July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
  • November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
  • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
• 1946 » Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1852)
• 1949 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)