Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Laurentius Clemens "Louis" Otto (1894-1965)

Day of marriage June 18, 1924

• The temperature on June 18, 1924 was between 14.9 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
  • April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
  • May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
  • October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
  • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

Day of death December 10, 1965

• The temperature on December 10, 1965 was between 2.6 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
  • April 9 » Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
  • July 16 » The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
  • September 9 » The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
  • October 28 » Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
  • November 2 » Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
• 1963 » K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
• 1968 » George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)