Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen » Jan Nanne Brinksma (1907-1954)

Day of marriage April 9, 1936

• The temperature on April 9, 1936 was between 3.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
  • July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
  • August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
  • September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
  • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

Day of death November 30, 1954

• The temperature on November 30, 1954 was between 7.2 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
  • January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
  • June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
  • September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
  • September 9 » The 6.7 M_w  Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
  • November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Paul Masson, French cyclist (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland (b. 1872)
• 1953 » Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
• 1955 » Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and educator (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Hubert Wilkins, Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (b. 1888)