Genealogy Pot en Smit » PETRONELLA MARIA ANNA van der GIESSEN (1894-1970)

Day of marriage May 24, 1917

• The temperature on May 24, 1917 was between 10.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (57%). 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.
  • January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

Day of death November 17, 1970

• The temperature on November 17, 1970 was between 3.0 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
  • July 3 » Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
  • September 5 » Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
  • September 12 » Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
  • October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
  • November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)