Family tree Geerts / de Waal » Adrianus Wilhelmus Bernardus (Jos) Geerts (1936-2011)

Birthday July 14, 1936

• The temperature on July 14, 1936 was between 13.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
  • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
  • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
  • October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Dumaagiin Sodnom, Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia
• 1933 » Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec († 1996)
• 1936 » Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 1996)
• 1937 » Yoshiro Mori, Japanese journalist and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1938 » Jerry Rubin, American activist, author, and businessman († 1994)
• 1938 » Tommy Vig, Hungarian vibraphone player, drummer, and composer