Family tree Jacobs » Geerdina "Dinie" Holvast (1912-2012)

Christening day January 16, 1912

• The temperature on January 16, 1912 was between -4.5 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
  • March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Day of marriage June 22, 1939

• The temperature on June 22, 1939 was between 16.8 °C and 29.6 °C and averaged 22.5 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (78%). 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.
  • January 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
  • March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
  • April 9 » African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
  • August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
  • September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
  • September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.

Day of death March 17, 2012

• The temperature on March 17, 2012 was between 5.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • May 25 » The SpaceX Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
  • June 11 » More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
  • June 13 » A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
  • July 7 » At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
  • September 11 » A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
  • November 9 » At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.

Source: Wikipedia

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