Genealogisch Archief van Andel - Epskamp » Teunis Riksen (1902-1947)

Day of marriage January 3, 1923

• The temperature on January 3, 1923 was between 5.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
  • March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
  • July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
  • September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
  • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

Day of death September 22, 1947

• The temperature on September 22, 1947 was between 9.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (55%). 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 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 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
  • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
  • June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
  • August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1858)
• 1952 » Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (b. 1865)
• 1956 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (b. 1897)