Database Van Broekhoven » Gerardus Godefridus de Cock (1890-1969)

Day of marriage August 8, 1917

• The temperature on August 8, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
  • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.

Day of death June 29, 1969

• The temperature on June 29, 1969 was between 7.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
  • January 17 » Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
  • February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • May 10 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
  • September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
  • November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
• 1967 » Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)