Family tree Opperman » Hendrikus Johannes Lipman (1893-1960)

Day of marriage October 6, 1920

• The temperature on October 6, 1920 was between 10.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
  • May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
  • May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
  • October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.
  • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
  • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

Day of death October 23, 1960

• The temperature on October 23, 1960 was between 9.8 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
  • April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
  • May 6 » More than 20million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
  • August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
  • November 3 » The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
  • December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)