Family tree Zijlmans » Geertruida Nefkens (1872-1952)

Christening day March 26, 1872

• The temperature on March 26, 1872 was about 2.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
  • March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
  • June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
  • July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
  • November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
  • December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

Day of death February 2, 1952

• The temperature on February 2, 1952 was between -0.8 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • January 14 » NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
  • 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 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
  • April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
  • November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
  • December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1952 » Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)