Ancestors Valk » Catharina Maria Sophia Valk (1911-1953)

Day of marriage January 29, 1942

• The temperature on January 29, 1942 was between -4.1 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
  • April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
  • May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
  • July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
  • October 1 » World War II: USSGrouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
  • October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.

Day of death September 2, 1953

• The temperature on September 2, 1953 was between 12.1 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
  • March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
  • April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
  • June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
  • June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
  • August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (b. 1895)
• 1945 » Mason Phelps, American golfer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and political scientist (b. 1900)