Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen » Arend van Schoten (1896-1950)

Day of marriage December 29, 1920

• The temperature on December 29, 1920 was between 7.2 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
  • March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
  • June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
  • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
  • September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.

Day of death May 14, 1950

• The temperature on May 14, 1950 was between 7.7 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
  • October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
  • October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
  • November 17 » Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
  • November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
  • December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
• 1953 » Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)