Genealogy Harssema » Aritius Sybrandus TALMA (1922-1952)

Day of marriage April 2, 1949

• The temperature on April 2, 1949 was between 3.7 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
  • February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
  • March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
  • April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
  • May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
  • October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.

Day of death July 14, 1952

• The temperature on July 14, 1952 was between 12.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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)
• 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 Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • March 10 » Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
  • May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
  • September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
  • October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
  • December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1860)
• 1954 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1965 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1900)
• 1966 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (b. 1880)