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Sources

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  2. Overlijdensregister 1946, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday December 5, 1914

  • The temperature on December 5, 1914 was between 2.9 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
    • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
    • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
    • August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
    • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
    • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

Day of death January 20, 1946

  • The temperature on January 20, 1946 was between -2.7 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
    • February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
    • April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
    • May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
    • May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
    • June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    • July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.


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