Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Hedzer Sietsma (1890-1971)

Day of marriage May 18, 1916

• The temperature on May 18, 1916 was between 5.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
  • June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
  • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.

Day of death September 24, 1971

• The temperature on September 24, 1971 was between 10.7 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (11%). 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 Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
  • May 1 » Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
  • September 29 » Oman joins the Arab League.
  • November 21 » Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
  • December 5 » Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
  • December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (b. 1897)
• 1978 » James Bassett, American journalist and author (b. 1912)