Family tree Vlastra » Klaaske Lettenga (1904-1955)

Day of marriage April 14, 1928

• The temperature on April 14, 1928 was between -0.2 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Day of death October 24, 1955

• The temperature on October 24, 1955 was between 5.1 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
  • April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
  • May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
  • May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
  • July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
  • August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
• 1960 » Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
• 1964 » Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)