Family tree Van Rijn » Gerardus Cornelis Alkemade (1892-1952)

Christening day July 27, 1892

• The temperature on July 27, 1892 was about 17.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
  • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
  • September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
  • November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
  • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Day of marriage February 12, 1939

• The temperature on February 12, 1939 was between 4.7 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
  • August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
  • September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
  • October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
  • November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
  • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

Day of death January 30, 1952

• The temperature on January 30, 1952 was between 0.1 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
  • April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
  • October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
  • December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
  • December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.

Day of burial February 4, 1952

• The temperature on February 4, 1952 was between -1.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
  • July 7 » The ocean liner SSUnited States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
  • July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
  • September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
  • October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
  • November 4 » The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)