Genealogy Kloos » Johannes Marinus van de Riet (1891-1969)

Day of marriage May 25, 1916

• The temperature on May 25, 1916 was between 11.8 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 15.8 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
  • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
  • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

Day of death November 14, 1969

• The temperature on November 14, 1969 was between 0.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
  • February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
  • April 28 » Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
  • June 22 » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • July 24 » Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (b. 1921)
• 1972 » Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (b. 1904)
• 1977 » A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (b. 1941)
• 1984 » Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (b. 1916)