Database Van Broekhoven » Marinus Gommarus Bekers (1901-1981)

Day of marriage October 19, 1923

• The temperature on October 19, 1923 was between 8.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
  • March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
  • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
  • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
  • October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

Day of death July 25, 1981

• The temperature on July 25, 1981 was between 11.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 24.3 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • August 3 » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
  • September 15 » The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
  • October 20 » Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.
  • December 18 » First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.
  • December 19 » Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
• 1981 » Rosa A. González, Puerto Rican nurse, author, feminist, and activist (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter (b. 1903)