Family tree Klavers » Gerard Herman Lubbers (1892-1942)

Day of marriage October 26, 1917

• The temperature on October 26, 1917 was between 4.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
  • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
  • November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.

Day of death November 8, 1942

• The temperature on November 8, 1942 was between 3.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (61%). 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 26 » World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
  • January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
  • February 1 » World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
  • March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
  • May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
  • November 8 » World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)