Descendants Heeres » Geertruida Alberta Dijkslag (1893-1947)

Day of marriage August 14, 1920

• The temperature on August 14, 1920 was between 8.9 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (56%). 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
  • February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
  • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
  • February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
  • March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.

Day of death November 25, 1947

• The temperature on November 25, 1947 was between 2.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
  • October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
  • October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist, founded Uechi-ryū (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (b. 1878)
• 1950 » Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Mao Anying, Chinese general (b. 1922)