Genealogische data Golse Genen » Adrianus Cornelis van Amelsfoort (1892-1974)

Day of marriage November 12, 1917

• The temperature on November 12, 1917 was between -1.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
  • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
  • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
  • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
  • November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death November 2, 1974

• The temperature on November 2, 1974 was between -0.2 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • March 9 » The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
  • April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
  • June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
  • June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
  • July 26 » Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
  • August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1970 » Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
• 1975 » Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927)