Family tree der families Van Santvoort, Truyts, Callebaut, Cambré, Coppens, Dieltjens en aanverwanten. » Gummaar Slootmans (1894-1946)

Day of marriage February 7, 1918

• The temperature on February 7, 1918 was between 6.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
  • February 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
  • March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
  • May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
  • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
  • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

Day of death April 23, 1946

• The temperature on April 23, 1946 was between -2 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 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)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
  • April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
  • May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
  • May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
  • November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
  • December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)