Family tree Koppelrath » Maria Johanna Hoogteijling (1902-1950)

Day of marriage April 17, 1924

• The temperature on April 17, 1924 was between 0.2 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
  • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
  • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
  • May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
  • October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.

Day of death August 18, 1950

• The temperature on August 18, 1950 was between 11.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
  • March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
  • June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
  • June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
  • August 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
  • December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)