Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Pieter Schoonen (1872-1962)

Day of marriage August 19, 1897

• The temperature on August 19, 1897 was about 17.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
  • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
  • September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
  • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
  • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

Day of death May 13, 1962

• The temperature on May 13, 1962 was between 7.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
  • February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
  • June 7 » The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
  • August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
  • October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
  • November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1962 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic (b. 1910)
• 1962 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)