Verkaik uit het Groene Hart » Arie Stoppelenburg (1898-1966)

Day of marriage December 14, 1922

• The temperature on December 14, 1922 was between -0.6 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). 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.
  • February 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
  • April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
  • November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
  • December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
  • December 16 » President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.

Day of death December 1, 1966

• The temperature on December 1, 1966 was between 3.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
  • February 28 » A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
  • March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
  • August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
  • September 6 » Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
  • October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
• 1973 » David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
• 1975 » Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)