Geensen database » Jacobus Cornelis Geensen (1913-1999)

Day of marriage December 23, 1936

• The temperature on December 23, 1936 was between -0.1 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
  • 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 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
  • October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.

Day of death June 29, 1999

• The temperature on June 29, 1999 was between 14.8 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • April 18 » Wayne Gretzky, the National Hockey League's all-time points scorer, plays his final game at Madison Square Garden as a teammate of the New York Rangers in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Gretzky recorded his final career point, an assist, bringing his career point total to 2,857.
  • May 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
  • July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
  • August 7 » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
  • October 12 » Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
  • November 19 » Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1998 » Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (b. 1936)
• 1999 » Allan Carr, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1937)
• 1999 » Karekin I, Syrian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1950)
• 2000 » Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor and director (b. 1922)
• 2002 » Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)