Family tree Grin » Johannes Venekamp (1913-1967)

Day of marriage May 20, 1936

• The temperature on May 20, 1936 was between 8.4 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
  • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
  • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
  • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

Day of death October 13, 1967

• The temperature on October 13, 1967 was between 8.5 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • April 24 » Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
  • May 24 » Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
  • August 30 » Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • September 10 » The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
  • November 17 » Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
  • November 28 » The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.

Day of burial October 18, 1967

• The temperature on October 18, 1967 was between 4.2 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
  • February 10 » The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
  • February 13 » American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
  • May 30 » The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
  • October 21 » The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
  • November 19 » The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
• 1966 » Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Otto Binder, American author (b. 1911)