Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Berend van 't Slot (1896-1956)

Day of marriage January 8, 1926

• The temperature on January 8, 1926 was between 2.7 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
  • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
  • September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

Day of death April 26, 1956

• The average temperature on April 26, 1956 was 7.1 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
  • April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
  • June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
  • June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
  • October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
  • November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)