The temperature on March 9, 1908 was between 3.8 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
Day of marriage June 15, 1936
The temperature on June 15, 1936 was between 9.4 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
Day of death April 22, 1950
The temperature on April 22, 1950 was between 5.0 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
July 5 » Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
November 26 » Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Jan van Veen, "Family tree Van Veen en De Wilde", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-veen-en-de-wilde/I13397.php : accessed June 1, 2024), "Klaas van Veen (1908-1950)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.