Family tree Van Rijn » Cornelis Broersen (1902-1972)

Day of marriage April 29, 1926

• The temperature on April 29, 1926 was between 8.9 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
  • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
  • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
  • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

Day of death March 17, 1972

• The temperature on March 17, 1972 was between 1.0 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • January 26 » JAT Fight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
  • September 9 » In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
  • October 13 » Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. 28 survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.
  • November 21 » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
  • December 7 » Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
  • December 14 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)
• 1974 » Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)