Family tree Gelderman » Theodorus Plas (1869-1939)

Day of marriage January 25, 1922

• The temperature on January 25, 1922 was between -4.7 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
  • February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
  • May 19 » The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
  • August 30 » Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").
  • October 27 » A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
  • November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.

Day of death September 16, 1939

• The temperature on September 16, 1939 was between 7.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
  • March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
  • May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
  • June 12 » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
  • September 3 » World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
  • December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
• 1933 » George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
• 1945 » John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)