Nostra Priores » Arend Jan Schreurs (1903-1968)

Day of marriage February 14, 1925

• The temperature on February 14, 1925 was between 3.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (16%). 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
  • March 21 » Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
  • May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
  • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
  • July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.

Day of death November 23, 1968

• The temperature on November 23, 1968 was between 2.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
  • June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
  • October 20 » Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
  • November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
  • December 24 » Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.
  • December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1974 » notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty: