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.
  • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.

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 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
  • January 24 » The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
  • March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
  • May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
  • September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
  • December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.

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.
  • January 4 » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
  • January 8 » Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
  • 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.
  • August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
  • September 21 » Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
  • November 30 » Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.

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)