Genealogy Brand » Nicolaas van HEEREN (1902-1973)

Day of marriage March 17, 1927

• The temperature on March 17, 1927 was between 0.4 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
  • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
  • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
  • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
  • August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"

Day of death December 5, 1973

• The temperature on December 5, 1973 was between 6.2 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
  • January 15 » Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
  • July 28 » Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
  • August 5 » Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.
  • November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
  • November 25 » Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Claude Dornier, German engineer and businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 » Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)