Family tree Jan Werkman » Geert de Vries (1889-1952)

Day of marriage April 28, 1917

• The temperature on April 28, 1917 was between 5.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
  • April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
  • June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
  • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
  • November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.

Day of death March 30, 1952

• The temperature on March 30, 1952 was between -2.1 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 12.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
  • June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
  • September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
  • October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
  • November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
  • December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.

Day of burial April 5, 1952

• The temperature on April 5, 1952 was between 0.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • May 13 » The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
  • August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
  • September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
  • September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
  • November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1909)
• 1949 » Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1905)
• 1955 » Harl McDonald, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English author and poet (b. 1875)