Database Van Broekhoven » Henricus Antonius Maria van den Besselaar (1893-1969)

Day of marriage February 1, 1936

• The temperature on February 1, 1936 was between 6.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
  • July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
  • July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
  • September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
  • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
  • November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

Day of death August 23, 1969

• The temperature on August 23, 1969 was between 9.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
  • April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
  • May 13 » May 13 Incident involving sectarian violence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
  • December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1967 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913)