Famylje De Swart -- Wijmenga » Christoffel van der Woude (1896-1961)

Day of marriage May 16, 1918

• The temperature on May 16, 1918 was between 9.6 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 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 year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
  • October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
  • October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
  • October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
  • November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.
  • December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

Day of death June 26, 1961

• The temperature on June 26, 1961 was between 12.1 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
  • April 16 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
  • July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
  • July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
  • October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
  • November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
• 1957 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888)
• 1958 » George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)
• 1964 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)