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Sources

  1. AlleFriezen te Leeuwarden, BS Geboorte Gemeentebestuur van Leeuwarden, 1811-1941 - Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Bron: boe..., Leeuwarden, archief 1002, inventaris­num­mer 3430, 27 oktober 1881, Geboorteregister 1881, aktenummer 690
  2. Gelders Archief te Arnhem, BS Overlijden Nijmegen, archief 0207, inventaris­num­mer 33004, 04-02-1946, aktenummer 180

Historical events

Birthday October 26, 1881

  • The temperature on October 26, 1881 was about 4.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
    • April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
    • May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
    • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
    • July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
    • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.

Day of death February 4, 1946

  • The temperature on February 4, 1946 was between 5.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
    • April 8 » Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
    • June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
    • July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
    • August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
    • September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
    • December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.


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  • 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
  • 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
  • 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
  • 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
  • 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
  • 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)

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