Genealogy Spierenburg » Willem Berkheij (1891-1970)

Day of marriage May 4, 1916

• The temperature on May 4, 1916 was between 6.6 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (74%). 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 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.
  • February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
  • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
  • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
  • September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
  • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
  • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.

Day of death March 19, 1970

• The temperature on March 19, 1970 was between 2.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • January 5 » The 7.1 M_w  Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
  • January 12 » Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
  • April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
  • November 1 » Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
  • November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
  • November 13 » Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Albert Dieudonné, French actor and author (b. 1889)
• 1976 » Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1950)
• 1977 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1978 » M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1891)
• 1982 » J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1982 » Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1956)