Family tree Familie John, Amesz, van der Genugten Nederland-Duitsland » Gerrit van der Genugten (1909-1970)

Christening day September 5, 1909

• The temperature on September 5, 1909 was between 6.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Day of marriage June 14, 1933

• The temperature on June 14, 1933 was between 10.8 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
  • May 27 » New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
  • July 22 » Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
  • September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
  • November 7 » Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
  • December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

Day of death May 29, 1970

• The temperature on May 29, 1970 was between 8.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • March 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
  • April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
  • October 17 » FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
  • October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
  • November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
  • November 26 » In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Eva Hesse, American artist (b. 1936)
• 1970 » John Gunther, American journalist and author (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (b. 1878)
• 1973 » George Harriman, English businessman (b. 1908)