Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis Leonardus Petrus Paulus Bank (1881-1963)

Day of marriage May 25, 1908

• The temperature on May 25, 1908 was between 7.9 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
  • April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
  • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
  • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
  • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

Day of death July 28, 1963

• The temperature on July 28, 1963 was between 8.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless 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 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 year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • April 11 » Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
  • April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
  • July 19 » Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
  • September 7 » The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
  • November 1 » The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
  • November 29 » "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)
• 1965 » Attallah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)