Database Van Broekhoven » Martinus Johannes de Brouwer (1890-1953)

Day of marriage October 6, 1919

• The temperature on October 6, 1919 was between 8.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
  • January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
  • February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
  • May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
  • June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
  • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.

Day of death November 16, 1953

• The temperature on November 16, 1953 was between 4.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
  • June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
  • July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
  • July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
  • December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
  • December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)