Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis Teunis Groeneveld (1895-1983)

Day of marriage November 20, 1918

• The temperature on November 20, 1918 was between -1.6 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
  • February 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
  • March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
  • August 8 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
  • September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
  • November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.

Day of death August 17, 1983

• The temperature on August 17, 1983 was between 16.0 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
  • April 12 » Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
  • June 5 » More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
  • July 19 » The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
  • October 9 » South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
  • November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
• 1987 » Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)
• 1987 » Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894)
• 1987 » Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)