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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1915, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1940, Achtkarspelen
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Historical events

Birthday October 26, 1915

  • The temperature on October 26, 1915 was between -4.5 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
    • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
    • May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
    • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
    • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
    • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.

Day of death January 10, 1940

  • The temperature on January 10, 1940 was between -11.5 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -8.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
  • 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 Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 27 » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
    • April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
    • May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
    • June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
    • August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
    • November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1941 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
  • 1941 » Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
  • 1941 » Joe Penner, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1904)
  • 1941 » John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (b. 1856)

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