Family tree Ham » Kornelis "Kees" Kamstra (1896-1947)

Day of marriage September 17, 1919

• The temperature on September 17, 1919 was between 5.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
  • February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
  • May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
  • May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
  • November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
  • December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

Day of death December 25, 1947

• The temperature on December 25, 1947 was between 4.6 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 29.0 mm of rain during 11.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
  • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
  • October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
  • November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (b. 1909)
• 1946 » W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, juggler, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Gaspar G. Bacon, American lawyer and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)
• 1949 » Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Margrethe Mather, American photographer (b. 1886)