Family tree Eilander » Johannes Bijsterbosch (1937-1940)

Day of death January 13, 1940

• The average temperature on January 13, 1940 was -7.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
  • May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
  • July 10 » World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
  • September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
  • November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
  • November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1929 » H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)