Family tree Cees Eekhout en Cobie Pronk » Hendrik Simeon Bom (1884-1947)

Day of marriage April 16, 1913

• The temperature on April 16, 1913 was between 4.7 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
  • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
  • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
  • December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

Day of death June 18, 1947

• The temperature on June 18, 1947 was between 12.7 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 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.
  • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
  • March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
  • May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
  • September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1945 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)
• 1947 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)