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Personal data Cornelis van Altena 


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They got married on July 10, 1947, he was 26 years old.

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Historical events

  • The temperature on October 15, 1920 was between 3.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
    • February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
    • April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
    • 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 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
    • December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
  • The temperature on November 18, 1961 was between 5.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
    • May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
    • May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
    • June 4 » Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
    • July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
    • August 21 » Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit (in America), "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1919 » Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver († 1995)
  • 1919 » Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist († 1985)
  • 1920 » Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor († 2012)
  • 1920 » Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
  • 1920 » Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter († 1999)
  • 1920 » Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress († 1968)

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Van Altena


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Kees den Elzen, "Family tree Den Elzen - Bollenstreek", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-den-elzen/I81573.php : accessed June 8, 2024), "Cornelis van Altena (1920-1961)".