Family tree Van der Velden, Gesink, Blonk, Seijmonsbergen, vd Geur » Jan Louis Hendrik Kolb (1890-1958)

Day of marriage September 6, 1919

• The temperature on September 6, 1919 was between 13.2 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
  • May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
  • June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
  • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
  • June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
  • July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.

Day of death March 27, 1958

• The temperature on March 27, 1958 was between 8.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
  • May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
  • July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
  • September 1 » Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
  • September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
  • November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » Elisheva Bikhovski, Israeli-Russian poet (b. 1888)
• 1952 » Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Évariste Lévi-Provençal, French orientalist and historian (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Leon C. Phillips, American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Gregorio Marañón, Spanish physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)