Genealogy Kaas » Ariaantje de Smeth (1887-1970)

Day of marriage September 7, 1910

• The temperature on September 7, 1910 was between 10.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
  • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
  • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

Day of death December 26, 1970

• The temperature on December 26, 1970 was between -6.8 °C and -3.3 °C and averaged -4.6 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • April 1 » The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins are released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
  • April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
  • May 26 » The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
  • September 12 » Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
  • November 14 » Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.
  • December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Herbert Otto Gille, German general (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
• 1968 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)