Database Van Broekhoven » Gerardus Hesselmans (1884-1969)

Day of marriage October 5, 1920

• The temperature on October 5, 1920 was between 10.0 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
  • January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
  • January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
  • March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
  • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
  • May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.

Day of death July 12, 1969

• The temperature on July 12, 1969 was between 10.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • March 25 » During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
  • June 23 » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
  • July 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
  • July 25 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
  • October 17 » The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.
  • November 10 » National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (b. 1898)
• 1966 » D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher and author (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Yvon Robert, Canadian wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)