Family tree Klavers » Jitske Stoker (1856-1943)

Day of marriage November 12, 1921

• The temperature on November 12, 1921 was between -1.7 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
  • February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
  • May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
  • July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
  • August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
  • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

Day of death April 16, 1943

• The temperature on April 16, 1943 was between 8.0 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • June 25 » The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
  • July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
  • September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
  • October 14 » World War II: The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortress during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.
  • October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
  • December 28 » World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)