Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis van Vugt (1885-1960)

Day of marriage May 8, 1913

• The temperature on May 8, 1913 was between 3.2 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
  • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
  • December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

Day of death April 25, 1960

• The temperature on April 25, 1960 was between 4.5 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
  • August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
  • September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
  • October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
  • November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
  • December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875)
• 1970 » Anita Louise, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1972 » George Sanders, English actor (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888)