Descendants Here Taedes » Antje van der Meer (1898-1963)

Day of marriage December 30, 1920

• The temperature on December 30, 1920 was between 6.1 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
  • February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
  • August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
  • September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
  • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

Day of death April 13, 1963

• The temperature on April 13, 1963 was between -2.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 7.3 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
  • April 12 » The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
  • May 22 » Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt, and dies five days later.
  • June 10 » The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
  • June 11 » American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
  • June 17 » A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1959 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)
• 1961 » John A. Bennett, American soldier (b. 1935)
• 1962 » Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)
• 1966 » Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881)
• 1966 » Georges Duhamel, French soldier and author (b. 1884)