Family tree Looije(n) » Jan Brandinus Looijen (1894-1961)

Day of marriage September 16, 1920

• The temperature on September 16, 1920 was between 11.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
  • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
  • November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
  • December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

Day of death February 2, 1961

• The temperature on February 2, 1961 was between 0.6 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
  • February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
  • April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
  • May 19 » Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
  • May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
  • September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 » Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1956 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish businessman (b. 1906)