Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Geurt van Plaggenhoef (1890-1949)

Day of marriage March 27, 1918

• The temperature on March 27, 1918 was between -3.2 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
  • February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
  • August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
  • September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
  • November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.

Day of death April 30, 1949

• The temperature on April 30, 1949 was between 1.2 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). 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)
• 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 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
  • March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
  • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
  • May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
  • June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)