Family tree Eilander » Berend Fiks (1874-1952)

Day of marriage October 5, 1901

• The temperature on October 5, 1901 was between 9.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (36%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
  • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

Day of death February 5, 1952

• The temperature on February 5, 1952 was between -1.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
  • February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
  • June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1948 » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
• 1954 » Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890)