Geensen database » Antonie Geensen (1900-1969)

Day of marriage August 18, 1927

• The temperature on August 18, 1927 was between 9.4 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
  • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
  • May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
  • August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
  • September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.

Day of death July 25, 1969

• The temperature on July 25, 1969 was between 17.3 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
  • April 1 » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
  • May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
  • May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
  • June 22 » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • July 19 » Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (b. 1878)
• 1971 » John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
• 1971 » Leroy Robertson, American composer and educator (b. 1896)
• 1973 » Amy Jacques Garvey, Jamaican-American journalist and activist (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1882)