Local Heritage Book Rütenbrock » Johanna Gerarda - Grady - Gradie Hoge (1912-1963)

Day of marriage January 17, 1944

• The temperature on January 17, 1944 was between -0.2 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • April 14 » Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20million pounds.
  • April 22 » World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.
  • June 10 » In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
  • June 12 » World War II: Operation Overlord: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.
  • September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
  • November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

Day of death May 30, 1963

• The temperature on May 30, 1963 was between 11.8 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
  • January 29 » The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
  • June 17 » A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
  • July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
  • September 25 » Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
  • November 23 » The BBC broadcasts An Unearthly Child (starring William Hartnell), the first episode of the first story from the first series of Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1891)
• 1964 » Eddie Sachs, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1964 » Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian king (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1965 » Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1899)