Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Gijsbertje Aalten (1885-1954)

Day of marriage September 16, 1910

• The temperature on September 16, 1910 was between 10.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
  • April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
  • August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
  • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

Day of death September 11, 1954

• The temperature on September 11, 1954 was between 12.6 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
  • March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
  • April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
  • August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
  • August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
  • September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
• 1952 » Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Latvian military officer and freedom fighter († 1913)
• 1956 » Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1957 » James Burns, English cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Mary Proctor, American astronomer (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889)