Descendants van de Vlag1 » Dirk Peter Kruitbosch (1891-1962)

Day of marriage August 9, 1921

• The temperature on August 9, 1921 was between 6.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
  • February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
  • February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
  • August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
  • November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
  • November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

Day of death October 19, 1962

• The temperature on October 19, 1962 was between 9.0 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
  • April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
  • July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
  • September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
  • October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
  • October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)
• 1964 » Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (b. 1869)