Mannen van Croy » Josephus Johannes Michael "Jos" Crooijmans (1884-1972)

Day of marriage October 8, 1919

• The temperature on October 8, 1919 was between 4.9 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
  • March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
  • May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
  • October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
  • December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

Day of death September 20, 1972

• The temperature on September 20, 1972 was between 4.1 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • May 15 » In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become president.
  • June 15 » Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
  • June 18 » Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London's Heathrow Airport.
  • July 11 » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
  • September 30 » Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
  • December 19 » Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1971 » James Westerfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (b. 1903)
• 1973 » Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1975 » Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)