Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis van Bedaf (1887-1959)

Day of marriage October 2, 1919

• The temperature on October 2, 1919 was between 5.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (38%). 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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
  • May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
  • June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
  • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
  • October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
  • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.

Day of death October 17, 1959

• The temperature on October 17, 1959 was between 7.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
  • June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
  • July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
  • September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
  • September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
  • November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
• 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
• 1958 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)