Family tree Diverse » Willem Everhardus (1899-1937)

Day of marriage February 11, 1924

• The temperature on February 11, 1924 was between -1.2 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
  • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
  • April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
  • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
  • September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.

Day of death January 20, 1937

• The temperature on January 20, 1937 was between -0.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (62%). 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
  • June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
  • September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
  • November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
  • December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
  • December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
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