Merricks Tree » Cato van Beukering (1887-1969)

Day of marriage November 20, 1913

• The temperature on November 20, 1913 was between 5.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
  • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
  • December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.

Day of death May 9, 1969

• The temperature on May 9, 1969 was between 3.8 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • April 22 » The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
  • June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
  • July 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
  • September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
  • November 19 » Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1970 » Walter Reuther, American union leader (b. 1907)