Database Van Broekhoven » Marinus Vissenberg (1881-1970)

Day of marriage February 1, 1907

• The temperature on February 1, 1907 was between -5.5 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Day of death January 12, 1970

• The temperature on January 12, 1970 was between 1.2 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • May 31 » The 7.9 M_w  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
  • June 4 » Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • September 2 » NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
  • September 19 » Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
  • November 18 » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
  • December 15 » Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1971 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)