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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.
    • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
    • August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
    • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
    • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
    • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

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.
    • May 15 » Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
    • May 15 » USSSailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
    • June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
    • July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
    • October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
    • November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.


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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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