Database Van Broekhoven » Henricus Cornelis Gijsbers (1931-2022)

Birthday May 21, 1931

• The temperature on May 21, 1931 was between 7.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
  • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
  • July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
  • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1929 » Larance Marable, American drummer († 2012)
• 1930 » Keith Davis, New Zealand rugby player († 2019)
• 1930 » Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia († 2015)
• 1930 » Tommy Bryant, American bassist († 1982)
• 1932 » Inese Jaunzeme, Latvian javelin thrower and surgeon († 2011)
• 1932 » Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral and intelligence chief († 2014)