Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Aalt Bronkhorst (1906-1972)

Christening day November 18, 1906

• The temperature on November 18, 1906 was between 5.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). 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 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 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.

Day of marriage December 4, 1946

• The temperature on December 4, 1946 was between 0.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
  • February 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
  • February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
  • March 21 » The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
  • July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.

Day of death June 7, 1972

• The temperature on June 7, 1972 was between 8.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • February 18 » The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
  • March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
  • May 13 » Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
  • July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
  • November 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
  • November 29 » Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Jean Arp, German-French sculptor, painter, and poet (b. 1886)
• 1967 » Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
• 1967 » Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 1970 » E. M. Forster, English novelist, short story writer, essayist (b. 1879)
• 1978 » Charles Moran, American race car driver (b. 1906)