Database Van Broekhoven » Gijsbertus Johannes "Bert" van Koppen (1881-1956)

Day of marriage October 21, 1910

• The temperature on October 21, 1910 was between 4.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
  • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
  • June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
  • June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
  • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
  • July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.

Day of death April 3, 1956

• The temperature on April 3, 1956 was between 0.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
  • February 25 » In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
  • June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
  • October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
  • December 2 » The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
  • December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.

Day of burial April 7, 1956

• The temperature on April 7, 1956 was between -3.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
  • October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
  • October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
  • October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
  • October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
  • November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)