Genealogy Strickland/Kluit » Leendert van der Waal (1880-1977)

Day of marriage December 18, 1927

• The temperature on December 18, 1927 was between -14.6 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
  • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
  • April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  • May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
  • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
  • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.

Day of death November 5, 1977

• The temperature on November 5, 1977 was between 6.2 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
  • January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
  • June 7 » Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
  • July 20 » The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.
  • September 4 » The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
  • September 7 » The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (b. 1905)
• 1977 » Alexey Stakhanov, Russian-Soviet miner, the Stakhanovite movement has been named after him (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1902)
• 1977 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (b. 1926)