Family tree De Wit » Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Houtenbos (1911-1964)

Day of marriage August 27, 1940

• The temperature on August 27, 1940 was between 10.2 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
  • April 9 » World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
  • June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
  • June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
  • August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
  • November 11 » World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.

Day of death November 5, 1964

• The temperature on November 5, 1964 was between 1.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Ngô Đình Cẩn, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngô Đình Diệm before the family's toppling, is executed.
  • June 12 » Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
  • October 1 » The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
  • October 14 » Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
  • October 14 » The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary" request to retire from his offices.
  • November 21 » The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.

Day of burial November 9, 1964

• The temperature on November 9, 1964 was between -0.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
  • February 9 » The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
  • June 1 » Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta (1897 – 22 August 1978) as its first President (1964 to 1978).
  • September 21 » The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
  • September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
  • October 12 » The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » August Gailit, Estonian author and poet (b. 1891)
• 1960 » Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (b. 1895)
• 1960 » Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (b. 1916)
• 1964 » Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1893)