Family tree Smith » Willem Cornelis Grashuis (1882-1943)

Day of marriage March 27, 1911

• The temperature on March 27, 1911 was between 1.6 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Day of death February 16, 1943

• The temperature on February 16, 1943 was between 1.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • February 2 » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
  • March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
  • March 13 » German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
  • June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
  • August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
  • September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)