Family tree Jacobs » Petrus van Boekel (1889-1961)

Day of marriage September 23, 1920

• The temperature on September 23, 1920 was between 6.9 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
  • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

Day of death July 21, 1961

• The temperature on July 21, 1961 was between 12.9 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 3 » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
  • January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
  • April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
  • May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
  • 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 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1966 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)