Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Wilhelmus van Liempt (1879-1964)

Day of marriage May 18, 1909

• The temperature on May 18, 1909 was between 4.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Day of death June 16, 1964

• The temperature on June 16, 1964 was between 6.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
  • July 27 » Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
  • August 4 » Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
  • August 7 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
  • September 21 » Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
  • November 21 » The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)
• 1959 » George Reeves, American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1961 » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904)
• 1967 » Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)