De bomen van Kreijkes » Jan Hendrik ten Cate (1873-1954)

Day of marriage May 22, 1919

• The temperature on May 22, 1919 was between 8.3 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
  • February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
  • July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
  • September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
  • December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
  • December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

Day of death August 10, 1954

• The temperature on August 10, 1954 was between 11.9 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 20.0 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • February 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
  • March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
  • March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
  • May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
  • October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
  • November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (b. 1892)
• 1954 » Robert Adair, American-born British actor (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)