Database Van Broekhoven » Hendrika Joosten (1893-1962)

Day of marriage October 25, 1921

• The temperature on October 25, 1921 was between -2.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
  • March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
  • April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
  • July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
  • September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

Day of death May 28, 1962

• The temperature on May 28, 1962 was between 6.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • February 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
  • July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
  • August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
  • September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
  • October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
  • November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1952 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)
• 1968 » Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)