Genealogy Gomes » Ottilia Wilhelmine Ernestine "Ottilia" Schaller (1889-1973)

Day of marriage January 22, 1914

• The temperature on January 22, 1914 was between -6.9 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
  • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
  • August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

Day of death December 29, 1973

• The temperature on December 29, 1973 was between -0.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • March 17 » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
  • March 29 » Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
  • July 17 » King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
  • August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
  • September 18 » The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
  • November 1 » Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.

Day of burial January 3, 1974

• The temperature on January 3, 1974 was between -0.3 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • February 4 » M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
  • July 26 » Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
  • September 15 » Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
  • December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
  • December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
• 1972 » Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
• 1972 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)