Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Anna van Esch (1902-1968)

Day of marriage May 4, 1936

• The temperature on May 4, 1936 was between 6.3 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
  • July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
  • August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
  • December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.

Day of death October 14, 1968

• The temperature on October 14, 1968 was between 5.8 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
  • April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
  • July 1 » The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.
  • July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
  • July 26 » Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (b. 1914)
• 1965 » William Hogenson, American sprinter (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1969 » August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1914)
• 1969 » Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1897)