Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmus Voeten (1891-1956)

Day of marriage May 17, 1916

• The temperature on May 17, 1916 was between 7.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
  • November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
  • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
  • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

Day of death February 9, 1956

• The temperature on February 9, 1956 was between -8.0 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -6.1 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
  • March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
  • April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
  • June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
  • November 1 » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.
  • December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
• 1960 » Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)