Pedigree Plomp » Geertruida Helena Hendrika Looman (1880-1943)

Day of marriage January 21, 1915

• The temperature on January 21, 1915 was between 0.9 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
  • March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
  • April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
  • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.

Day of death September 10, 1943

• The temperature on September 10, 1943 was between 13.4 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
  • April 30 » World War II: The British submarine HMSSeraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
  • July 19 » World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
  • September 7 » A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
  • December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

Day of burial September 14, 1943

• The temperature on September 14, 1943 was between 15.0 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
  • February 23 » Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
  • March 5 » First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
  • July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
  • October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » George Henschel, German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1893)
• 1937 » Sergei Tretyakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (b. 1861)