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.
  • February 26 » In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
  • April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
  • May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
  • July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
  • October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
  • November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

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.
  • May 29 » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
  • July 5 » U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
  • July 10 » In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
  • September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
  • October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
  • December 22 » Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board.

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)