Database Van Broekhoven » Peter Johannes Smits (1892-1965)

Day of marriage February 19, 1938

• The temperature on February 19, 1938 was between -2.1 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
  • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
  • July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
  • July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
  • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

Day of death December 14, 1965

• The temperature on December 14, 1965 was between 0.6 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • February 12 » Malcolm X visits Smethwick in Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.
  • March 7 » Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
  • July 16 » South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
  • August 18 » Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
  • September 30 » The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
• 1964 » William Bendix, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1970 » Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, German Reich Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, Bangladeshi linguist and scholar (b. 1926)
• 1971 » Munier Choudhury, Bangladeshi author, playwright, and critic (b. 1925)
• 1971 » Shahidullah Kaiser, Bangladeshi journalist and author (b. 1927)