Family tree Jacobs » Harm van Dijk (1896-1964)

Day of marriage May 20, 1924

• The temperature on May 20, 1924 was between 14.1 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 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 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
  • May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
  • September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
  • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
  • November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
  • December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

Day of death July 31, 1964

• The temperature on July 31, 1964 was between 12.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • April 4 » The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
  • April 13 » At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
  • July 20 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
  • August 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USSTiconderoga and USSConstellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
  • October 27 » Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
  • December 5 » Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
• 1968 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Walter P. Carter, American soldier and activist (b. 1923)
• 1972 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium, 1st President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1899)