Database Van Broekhoven » Christiaan van den Abbeelen (1868-1949)

Day of marriage July 7, 1894

• The temperature on July 7, 1894 was about 20.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
  • March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
  • March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
  • June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
  • August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
  • November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.

Day of death May 21, 1949

• The temperature on May 21, 1949 was between 5.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
  • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
  • May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
  • May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
  • December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)