1001 stambomen » Willem van Sante (1893-1968)

Day of marriage August 19, 1920

• The temperature on August 19, 1920 was between 10.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 15.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
  • January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
  • February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
  • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  • October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
  • December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

Day of death November 23, 1968

• The temperature on November 23, 1968 was between 2.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
  • April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
  • July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
  • August 28 » The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.
  • November 1 » The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
  • November 27 » Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1974 » notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty: