Eijsermans family tree » Maria Wilhelmina Adriana Jacoba Verheijen (± 1946-1946)

Day of death February 19, 1946

• The temperature on February 19, 1946 was between 6.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 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)
• 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 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 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
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  • May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
  • June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
  • July 5 » Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
  • November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

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