Database Van Broekhoven » Francisca Martens (1903-1966)

Day of marriage November 23, 1935

• The average temperature on November 23, 1935 was 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
  • August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
  • September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
  • September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
  • November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
  • December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.

Day of death September 5, 1966

• The temperature on September 5, 1966 was between 13.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • March 8 » Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
  • March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
  • May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
  • July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
  • October 5 » A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
  • December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer and coach (b. 1911)
• 1965 » Thomas Johnston, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Dezső Lauber, Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (b. 1879)
• 1970 » Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1972 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)