FutureHistory » Ludovicus Paulus Peeters (1898-1975)

Day of marriage May 6, 1927

• The temperature on May 6, 1927 was between 11.0 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
  • March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
  • March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
  • May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
  • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
  • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

Day of death August 21, 1975

• The temperature on August 21, 1975 was between 14.3 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 20.9 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • April 9 » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
  • April 30 » Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
  • June 26 » Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
  • August 15 » Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
  • October 30 » Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
  • November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(B.1885)