Family tree Kueter » Vincent G. BATY (1902-1962)

Day of marriage January 25, 1921

• The temperature on January 25, 1921 was between 2.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
  • June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
  • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
  • July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
  • August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
  • November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

Day of death July 8, 1962

• The temperature on July 8, 1962 was between 3.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
  • January 11 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
  • January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
  • February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
  • July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
  • August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.

Day of burial July 11, 1962

• The temperature on July 11, 1962 was between 12.5 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
  • May 19 » A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
  • July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
  • November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
  • November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
  • December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881)
• 1968 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (b. 1936)