Geensen database » Anthonie Willem Geensen (1902-1987)

Day of marriage September 10, 1930

• The temperature on September 10, 1930 was between 11.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 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 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
  • January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
  • March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
  • May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
  • September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
  • September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.

Day of death January 30, 1987

• The temperature on January 30, 1987 was between -10.4 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -7.1 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • April 11 » The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
  • April 19 » The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
  • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
  • July 29 » Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
  • October 1 » The 5.9 M_w  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
  • November 18 » King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.

Day of burial February 2, 1987

• The temperature on February 2, 1987 was between -5.4 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • June 8 » New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
  • June 28 » For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
  • June 29 » Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4million at an auction in London, England.
  • October 1 » The 5.9 M_w  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
  • November 7 » In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
  • November 18 » King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (b. 1883)
• 1980 » Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1918)
• 1982 » Lightnin' Hopkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1991 » Clifton C. Edom, American photographer and educator (b. 1907)
• 1991 » John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1994 » Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (b. 1912)