Genealogieën Bex/Vromen/Overhof(f)/Herings » Antoon BEEKS (1882-1960)

Day of marriage November 5, 1906

• The temperature on November 5, 1906 was between 7.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
  • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

Day of death March 24, 1960

• The temperature on March 24, 1960 was between 2.7 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
  • January 25 » The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
  • April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
  • May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
  • May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
  • December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.

Day of burial March 26, 1960

• The temperature on March 26, 1960 was between 5.0 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
  • January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
  • February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
  • August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
  • September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
  • October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
• 1962 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Alice Guy-Blaché, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)