Klein Eyckenstein » Christina "Stijntje" Rekelhof (1891-1952)

Day of marriage April 24, 1914

• The temperature on April 24, 1914 was between 1.4 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
  • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
  • December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

Day of death October 12, 1952

• The temperature on October 12, 1952 was between -1.8 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
  • May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
  • June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
  • June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
  • September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)