Family tree Driessen » Geertruida Johanna van Lennep (1880-1962)

Day of marriage October 1, 1931

• The temperature on October 1, 1931 was between 7.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
  • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
  • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death August 27, 1962

• The temperature on August 27, 1962 was between 13.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
  • May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
  • 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.
  • August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
  • September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
  • November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician and scholar (b. 1888)
• 1963 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
• 1964 » Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (b. 1934)