Family tree Hendrickx, van Lieshout, Hartogs, Bouwels » Helena Huibers (1896-1957)

Day of marriage October 20, 1917

• The temperature on October 20, 1917 was between 3.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (54%). 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
  • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
  • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
  • December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

Day of death June 19, 1957

• The temperature on June 19, 1957 was between 15.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
  • April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
  • July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
  • September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
  • September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
  • November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1915)
• 1953 » Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1962 » Frank Borzage, American film director and actor (b. 1894)