Genealogy Eikenboom » Hubertus Christiaan Stevens (1885-1958)

Day of marriage December 1, 1922

• The temperature on December 1, 1922 was between 4.9 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
  • June 29 » France grants 1km at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
  • July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
  • October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
  • October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
  • December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.

Day of death April 12, 1958

• The temperature on April 12, 1958 was between -0.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (92%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • May 13 » May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
  • July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
  • August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
  • September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
  • October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
  • December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

Day of burial April 15, 1958

• The temperature on April 15, 1958 was between 2.2 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
  • January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
  • March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
  • April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
  • April 13 » American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
  • October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.

Source: Wikipedia

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