Family tree Baas-Vanheeswijck » Antonetta Jordan (1887-1956)

Day of marriage June 16, 1943

• The temperature on June 16, 1943 was between 6.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
  • June 19 » The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
  • October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
  • November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
  • November 23 » World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
  • December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.

Day of death May 21, 1956

• The temperature on May 21, 1956 was between 0.1 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
  • June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
  • September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
  • October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
  • November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
  • December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)