Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Michael Weterings (1894-1959)

Day of marriage April 24, 1924

• The temperature on April 24, 1924 was between 4.9 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
  • June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
  • September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
  • September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
  • October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
  • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

Day of death September 4, 1959

• The temperature on September 4, 1959 was between 10.7 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
  • February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
  • March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
  • July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
  • July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
  • December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)