Family tree Smith » Gerardus Adrianus Kolmus (1906-1957)

Day of marriage September 2, 1942

• The temperature on September 2, 1942 was between 12.4 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
  • February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
  • July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
  • July 28 » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
  • October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
  • November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.

Day of death March 2, 1957

• The temperature on March 2, 1957 was between -0.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
  • March 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
  • April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
  • October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
  • October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
  • November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
• 1953 » James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866)