Family tree Jacobs » Theodora Hendrieka van Boord (1891-1952)

Day of marriage May 5, 1914

• The temperature on May 5, 1914 was between 9.4 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
  • August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Day of death May 9, 1952

• The temperature on May 9, 1952 was between 6.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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)
• 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 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
  • April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
  • July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
  • October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
  • November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
  • December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 » Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1959 » Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)