Family tree Klavers » Berend Auwen (1901-1940)

Day of marriage April 30, 1932

• The temperature on April 30, 1932 was between 10.2 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
  • May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
  • June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
  • June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
  • December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
  • December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.

Day of death August 1, 1940

• The temperature on August 1, 1940 was between 13.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 16 » World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMSCossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
  • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
  • July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
  • September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
  • October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
  • November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)