Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis Hendrikus van Rhijn (1890-1969)

Day of marriage September 25, 1916

• The temperature on September 25, 1916 was between 4.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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.
  • February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
  • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

Day of death May 25, 1969

• The temperature on May 25, 1969 was between 14.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • April 22 » The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
  • May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
  • August 15 » The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
  • October 9 » In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
  • October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
  • December 4 » Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)
• 1977 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French racing driver and sports car manufacturer (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Itzhak Bentov, Czech-Israeli engineer, mystic, and author (b. 1923)