Genealogy Van Ekelenburg » Jacob Adrianus "Sjaak" van Ekelenburg (1922-1976)

Day of marriage October 30, 1953

• The temperature on October 30, 1953 was between 4.6 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
  • April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
  • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
  • June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
  • November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
  • December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

Day of death June 11, 1976

• The temperature on June 11, 1976 was between 8.6 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
  • February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  • March 4 » The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
  • May 21 » Twenty-nine people are killed in the Yuba City bus disaster in Martinez, California.
  • August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
  • September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.

Day of burial June 15, 1976

• The temperature on June 15, 1976 was between 13.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • April 1 » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
  • May 8 » The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
  • June 29 » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
  • August 7 » Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
  • September 17 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
  • November 23 » Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (b. 1884)
• 1974 » Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian general and politician, 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and author (b. 1898)
• 1976 » Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1979 » Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (b. 1893)
• 1979 » John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)