Family tree Van Veenendaal » Willem Cornelis van Veenendaal (1903-1965)

Day of marriage November 24, 1936

• The temperature on November 24, 1936 was between -3.0 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
  • June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
  • July 6 » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61m) into the River Irwell.
  • July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
  • August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
  • September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium

Day of death May 2, 1965

• The temperature on May 2, 1965 was between 7.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
  • March 7 » Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
  • March 19 » The wreck of the SSGeorgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
  • March 21 » Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
  • April 11 » The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
  • November 26 » France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.

Day of burial May 6, 1965

• The temperature on May 6, 1965 was between 8.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
  • March 15 » President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
  • March 18 » Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
  • March 24 » Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
  • November 26 » France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.
  • December 4 » The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)