Family tree Van Geel » Cornelis van DORST (± 1880-1952)

Day of death January 22, 1952

• The temperature on January 22, 1952 was between 0.6 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
  • May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
  • 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 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
  • September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
  • December 20 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.

Source: Wikipedia

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