Noordwijkerhout Van Toen (NoVaTo) » Cornelia Adriana Maria Miltenburg (1897-1956)

Day of marriage July 15, 1920

• The temperature on July 15, 1920 was between 9.4 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
  • June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
  • July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
  • August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
  • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
  • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

Day of death July 4, 1956

• The temperature on July 4, 1956 was between 13.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • January 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  • April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
  • May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
  • September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
  • October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
  • November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
• 1949 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
• 1963 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)
• 1964 » Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (b. 1893)