Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Lammert van Beek (1900-1995)

Day of marriage April 2, 1937

• The temperature on April 2, 1937 was between 3.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
  • April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
  • July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
  • July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
  • July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

Day of death March 5, 1995

• The temperature on March 5, 1995 was between 0.6 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • February 26 » The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
  • July 23 » Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
  • November 5 » André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
  • November 13 » A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
  • November 30 » U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favour of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls terrorists "yesterday's men".
  • December 20 » NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Gary Merrill, American actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1995 » Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1943)
• 1996 » Whit Bissell, American character actor (b. 1909)
• 1997 » Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1997 » Samm Sinclair Baker, American writer (b. 1909)
• 1999 » Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (b. 1922)