Genealogy Schoots » Adriana Catharina de Jong (1896-1970)

Day of marriage February 24, 1921

• The temperature on February 24, 1921 was between -3.8 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
  • April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
  • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
  • June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
  • July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.

Day of death May 5, 1970

• The temperature on May 5, 1970 was between 8.7 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
  • April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
  • September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
  • September 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
  • September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
  • September 30 » Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)