Database Van Broekhoven » Marinus Heesbeen (1890-1955)

Day of marriage May 26, 1916

• The temperature on May 26, 1916 was between 11.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). 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 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 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

Day of death July 10, 1955

• The temperature on July 10, 1955 was between 14.2 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
  • August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
  • September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
  • September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
  • November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
  • December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

Day of burial July 13, 1955

• The temperature on July 13, 1955 was between 16.0 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
  • April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
  • April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
  • May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
  • June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
  • August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)