Family tree Leduc » Geertruida Maria Zwekars (1885-1945)

Day of marriage October 17, 1906

• The temperature on October 17, 1906 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (47%). 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.

Day of death July 21, 1945

• The temperature on July 21, 1945 was between 15.4 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 20 » World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
  • March 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
  • March 27 » World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
  • April 16 » The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
  • May 2 » World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.
  • June 14 » World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)