Family tree Diverse » Helena Petronella Griffioen (1889-1940)

Day of marriage April 14, 1910

• The temperature on April 14, 1910 was between 9.2 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
  • January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
  • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Day of death February 13, 1940

• The temperature on February 13, 1940 was between -16.5 °C and -7.3 °C and averaged -11.9 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (35%). 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 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.
  • May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
  • June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
  • October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
  • November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)
• 1950 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
• 1951 » Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)