Genealogy Peters » Adrianus_Josephus van Loon (1907-1963)

Day of marriage October 19, 1933

• The temperature on October 19, 1933 was between 0.5 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
  • April 24 » Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
  • May 15 » All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
  • June 17 » Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
  • July 8 » The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
  • September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.

Day of death August 4, 1963

• The temperature on August 4, 1963 was between 14.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 22.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
  • February 27 » The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
  • July 26 » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
  • October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
  • December 22 » The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
  • December 25 » Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)