Genealogy Driesprong » Jan de KEIZER (1898-1974)

Day of marriage November 23, 1921

• The temperature on November 23, 1921 was between -2.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
  • April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
  • June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
  • August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
  • September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
  • October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.

Day of death April 16, 1974

• The temperature on April 16, 1974 was between 3.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
  • May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
  • June 29 » Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
  • July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
  • September 8 » Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
  • November 21 » The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (b. 1894)
• 1972 » Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1973 » István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
• 1978 » Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898)