Database Van Broekhoven » Jacobus van Gestel (1881-1965)

Day of marriage May 11, 1921

• The temperature on May 11, 1921 was between 4.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
  • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
  • April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
  • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
  • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
  • September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

Day of death May 21, 1965

• The temperature on May 21, 1965 was between 1.3 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • March 15 » President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
  • April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
  • July 30 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
  • September 7 » Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
  • November 28 » Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
  • December 30 » Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.

Day of burial May 25, 1965

• The temperature on May 25, 1965 was between 7.1 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • March 7 » Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
  • June 3 » The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
  • July 16 » The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
  • September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
  • November 16 » Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
  • December 16 » Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)
• 1970 » E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)