Genealogy family Fokker » Johannes Andries Fokker (1923-1964)

Day of marriage August 24, 1957

• The temperature on August 24, 1957 was between 12.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
  • March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
  • July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
  • August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
  • September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
  • December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Day of death May 29, 1964

• The temperature on May 29, 1964 was between 11.7 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
  • March 14 » Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
  • April 21 » A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
  • June 10 » United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
  • August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
  • September 13 » South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Netta Muskett, English author (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Ignace Lepp, Estonian-French priest and psychologist (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Eva Hesse, American artist (b. 1936)
• 1970 » John Gunther, American journalist and author (b. 1901)