Family tree Schepers-Bergmans » Peter Johannes Verheezen (1879-1955)

Day of marriage April 1, 1902

• The temperature on April 1, 1902 was between 5.9 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
  • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

Day of death April 15, 1955

• The temperature on April 15, 1955 was between 2.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
  • May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
  • June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
  • July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
  • August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
  • October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.

Day of burial April 18, 1955

• The temperature on April 18, 1955 was between 2.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
  • June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
  • October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
  • November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
  • November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)