Family tree Braun » Richardus van de Heijsteeg (1879-1952)

Day of marriage January 31, 1940

• The temperature on January 31, 1940 was between -7.4 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -5.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
  • March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
  • June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
  • July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
  • August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
  • August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".

Day of death November 21, 1952

• The temperature on November 21, 1952 was between 1.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
  • February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
  • April 28 » The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
  • May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
  • November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
  • November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (b. 1889)
• 1947 » William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1893)
• 1957 » Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)