Geensen database » Eduardus Petrus Geensen (1909-1996)

Day of marriage February 14, 1936

• The temperature on February 14, 1936 was between -1.1 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
  • June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
  • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
  • August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
  • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

Day of death December 30, 1996

• The temperature on December 30, 1996 was between -5.7 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
  • February 29 » Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
  • April 1 » The government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the City of Halifax and the over 200 communities around the area to create the Halifax Regional Municipality.
  • April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
  • November 12 » A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.
  • November 21 » Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Dmitri Ivanenko, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1995 » Doris Grau, American voice actor and script supervisor (b. 1924)
• 1995 » Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (b. 1905)