Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmus Adrianus Franken (1900-1968)

Day of marriage January 5, 1926

• The temperature on January 5, 1926 was between 2.8 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
  • May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
  • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
  • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
  • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
  • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

Day of death March 11, 1968

• The temperature on March 11, 1968 was between 1.2 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • March 31 » American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
  • May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
  • May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
  • July 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
  • October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
  • November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Harry Altham, English cricketer, historian and coach (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (b. 1882)
• 1968 » Haşim İşcan, Turkish educator and politician, 18th Mayor of İstanbul (b. 1898)
• 1969 » John Daly, Irish runner (b. 1880)
• 1969 » John Wyndham, English soldier and author (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (b. 1889)