Family tree De Kanter » Antonie Hendrikus Colijn (1894-1945)

Day of marriage May 1, 1919

• The temperature on May 1, 1919 was between 3.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
  • March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
  • May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
  • May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
  • June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
  • July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.

Day of death March 11, 1945

• The temperature on March 11, 1945 was between 1.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • March 6 » World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
  • March 29 » World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
  • April 13 » World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
  • June 18 » William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
  • August 9 » World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
  • September 7 » World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)