Genealogy Zwanepol » Klaas Pul (1895-1973)

Day of marriage August 31, 1917

• The temperature on August 31, 1917 was between 11.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  • March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
  • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
  • December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

Day of death January 7, 1973

• The temperature on January 7, 1973 was between 0.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
  • June 21 » In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.
  • October 17 » OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
  • November 3 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
  • November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
  • December 28 » The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Carl Schuricht, German-Swiss conductor (b. 1880)
• 1967 » David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1968 » J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)
• 1972 » John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Alvar Lidell, English journalist and radio announcer(b. 1908)
• 1981 » Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)