Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus Antonius van Alphen (1903-1962)

Day of marriage April 20, 1931

• The temperature on April 20, 1931 was between 3.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (59%). 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
  • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  • July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
  • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.

Day of death July 3, 1962

• The temperature on July 3, 1962 was between 9.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
  • July 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
  • September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
  • October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
  • November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.
  • November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » Reginald Marsh, French-American painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1898)
• 1954 » Siegfried Handloser, German physician and general (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (b. 1904)
• 1958 » Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1867)
• 1969 » Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1942)