Genealogy de Ruiter » Hendrika Egberts (1896-1974)

Day of marriage May 2, 1923

• The temperature on May 2, 1923 was between 6.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (56%). 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
  • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
  • September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
  • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death May 2, 1974

• The temperature on May 2, 1974 was between 3.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
  • February 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
  • March 9 » The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
  • July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
  • September 1 » The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353km/h).
  • September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
• 1977 » Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)
• 1979 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)