Sluzigers (e.a.) » Hendrik Harink (1867-1962)

Day of marriage June 15, 1911

• The temperature on June 15, 1911 was between 6.4 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
  • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
  • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

Day of death December 5, 1962

• The temperature on December 5, 1962 was between -9.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -5.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. 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.
  • April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
  • July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
  • July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
  • September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
  • September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
  • September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.

Day of burial December 8, 1962

• The temperature on December 8, 1962 was between -3.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
  • July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
  • August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
  • September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
  • October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
  • November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer and educator (b. 1905)
• 1964 » V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1968 » Fred Clark, American actor (b. 1914)