Eijssens-Vickers Tree » Henriëtte Johanna Jekel (1888-1976)

Day of marriage May 4, 1911

• The temperature on May 4, 1911 was between 4.0 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.

Day of death October 7, 1976

• The temperature on October 7, 1976 was between 11.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
  • February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  • April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
  • 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.
  • September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1969 » Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)
• 1983 » George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)