Geensen database » Pieter Cornelis Geensen (1888-1991)

Day of marriage November 17, 1910

• The temperature on November 17, 1910 was between 0.4 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
  • January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
  • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
  • October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
  • November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
  • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

Day of death June 29, 1991

• The temperature on June 29, 1991 was between 10.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
  • March 16 » The airplane carrying eight members of Reba McEntire's touring band crashed on the side of Otay Mountain.
  • April 29 » The 7.0 M_w  Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.
  • May 15 » Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.
  • August 19 » Crown Heights riot begins.
  • December 1 » Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

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