Database Van Broekhoven » Gerarda Martens (1909-1966)

Day of marriage April 19, 1929

• The temperature on April 19, 1929 was between 6.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
  • April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
  • July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
  • August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
  • October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
  • December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Day of death December 9, 1966

• The temperature on December 9, 1966 was between 3.3 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). 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 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.
  • February 3 » The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
  • April 26 » A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
  • May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
  • July 18 » Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
  • October 10 » The Beach Boys release one of their biggest singles, ranked the 6th greatest song by Rolling Stone, "Good Vibrations".
  • December 27 » The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905)
• 1964 » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge, 3rd President of the European Court of Justice (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (b. 1883)