Family tree Van Wijk » Jakob Dragstra (1892-1958)

Day of marriage February 3, 1916

• The temperature on February 3, 1916 was between -0.5 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
  • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

Day of death November 29, 1958

• The temperature on November 29, 1958 was between 1.3 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
  • March 16 » The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
  • May 28 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
  • September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
  • November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
  • December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)
• 1954 » Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
• 1967 » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)