Family tree Van Weeghel » Alberdina Duinkerken (1884-1976)

Day of marriage December 20, 1906

• The temperature on December 20, 1906 was between -2.3 and 1.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
  • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Day of death August 8, 1976

• The temperature on August 8, 1976 was between 11.1 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • May 6 » The 6.5 M_w  Friuli earthquake affected Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured.
  • May 8 » The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
  • June 29 » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
  • July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
  • July 18 » Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
  • July 22 » Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.

Day of burial August 11, 1976

• The temperature on August 11, 1976 was between 13.1 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
  • April 5 » In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
  • May 15 » Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board.
  • July 2 » End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  • September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.
  • December 2 » Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)
• 1975 » Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
• 1979 » Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)
• 1980 » Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)