Database Van Broekhoven » Alphons Laurens van Dooren (1885-1959)

Day of marriage April 10, 1907

• The temperature on April 10, 1907 was between 2.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Day of death May 15, 1959

• The temperature on May 15, 1959 was between 9.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
  • March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
  • April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
  • August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
  • October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
  • December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)
• 1963 » John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)