Database Van Broekhoven » Heinrich Gottfried Mestrom (1890-1963)

Day of marriage April 16, 1920

• The temperature on April 16, 1920 was between 9.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
  • March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
  • May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
  • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France
  • December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

Day of death October 25, 1963

• The temperature on October 25, 1963 was between 7.1 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • April 10 » One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USSThresher sinks at sea.
  • April 12 » The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
  • June 11 » Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
  • July 12 » Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
  • November 2 » South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
  • December 22 » The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1957 » Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1960 » Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (b. 1884)
• 1963 » Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (b. 1893)