Voorouders, tijdgenoten en nazaten Brabander-van Heiningen » Adrianus Johannes van Dijk (1865-1954)

Day of marriage April 15, 1905

• The temperature on April 15, 1905 was between 6.6 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
  • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
  • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
  • September 8 » The 7.2 M_w  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

Day of death December 14, 1954

• The temperature on December 14, 1954 was between 3.7 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
  • July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
  • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
  • September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
  • October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870)
• 1963 » Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)