Family tree Van Engel(s)dorp Gastelaars » Jacoba Gosina van Dijk (1883-1954)

Day of marriage December 10, 1903

• The temperature on December 10, 1903 was between 4.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
  • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
  • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.

Day of death December 12, 1954

• The temperature on December 12, 1954 was between 0.1 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
  • March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
  • April 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
  • June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
  • November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
  • November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1964 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)