Database Van Broekhoven » Antonius Hubertus van Rooij (1901-1962)

Day of marriage May 12, 1927

• The temperature on May 12, 1927 was between 1.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
  • January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
  • March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
  • July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
  • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
  • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

Day of death November 12, 1962

• The temperature on November 12, 1962 was between 1.7 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
  • March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
  • March 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11​⁄₂ day constitutional crisis.
  • July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
  • September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
  • October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (b. 1878)
• 1955 » Sarah Wambaugh, American political scientist, world authority on plebiscites (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Gustaf Söderström, Swedish shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (b. 1865)
• 1962 » Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1888)