Genealogy Van Gastel » Petrus Joseph "Peter" van Gestel (1893-1969)

Day of marriage February 22, 1922

• The temperature on February 22, 1922 was between 1.7 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
  • June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
  • July 15 » Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
  • July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
  • October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
  • November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.

Day of death June 29, 1969

• The temperature on June 29, 1969 was between 7.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • March 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
  • May 21 » Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
  • November 10 » National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
  • November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
  • November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
  • December 24 » Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.

Day of burial July 3, 1969

• The temperature on July 3, 1969 was between 14.0 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
  • January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
  • January 20 » Richard Nixon is inaugurated the 37th President of the United States of America.
  • August 10 » A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
  • October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
  • November 21 » U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
• 1967 » Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)