Mannen van Croy » Johanna Jacoba Crooijmans (1894-1962)

Day of marriage October 16, 1914

• The temperature on October 16, 1914 was between 5.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
  • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
  • September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
  • November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

Day of death November 5, 1962

• The temperature on November 5, 1962 was between 3.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
  • February 5 » French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
  • May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
  • July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
  • October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
  • November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » August Gailit, Estonian author and poet (b. 1891)
• 1960 » Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (b. 1895)
• 1960 » Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1960 » Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1960 » Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1902)