Family tree Seelemeijer » Helena Johanna van Halm (1883-1945)

Day of marriage February 15, 1917

• The temperature on February 15, 1917 was between -4.2 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (83%). 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
  • December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
  • December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
  • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Day of death July 28, 1945

• The temperature on July 28, 1945 was between 10.3 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 16 » World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
  • February 23 » World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
  • April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
  • May 8 » Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
  • August 16 » The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.
  • August 30 » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1946 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)