Family tree Schmit » Johannes Antonius Michael Beusker (± 1884-1958)

Day of death June 22, 1958

• The temperature on June 22, 1958 was between 10.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 13.8 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • February 5 » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
  • February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
  • April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
  • August 18 » Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
  • November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
  • December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1959 » Hermann Brill, German educator and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (b. 1895)
• 1964 » Havank, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David O. Selznick, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1902)
• 1966 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Judy Garland, American actress and singer (b. 1922)