Clarke Family Tree » Robert William “Pudden” IRONSIDE (1916-1969)

Day of death April 6, 1969

• The temperature on April 6, 1969 was between 1.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
  • April 15 » The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
  • May 18 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
  • August 14 » The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.
  • October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
  • October 8 » The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.

Source: Wikipedia

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